Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich explained former President Donald Trump’s growing support among some groups as being due to his status as a leader, rather than just a candidate.
Gingrich said that perceived corruption within the “political establishment” is driving support for Trump, which will only intensify with his legal troubles, during an interview with Mark Levin on Fox News’s Life, Liberty & Levin,
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“I think that Trump is not a candidate; Trump is the leader of a movement,” Gingrich said. “He is the personification of an establishment that is totally corrupt, destroying anything that gets in its way.”
Gingrich went on to say that Trump’s support has gone up “dramatically” among black men.
“The reason is simple; They feel that the police have harassed them,” he continued. “They’re now watching the government harass Trump. They actually identify with what he’s going through.”
Gingrich said that regardless of what they think of Trump’s personality, voters will have two choices.
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“Here are my choices; I’m going to side with a totally corrupt administration, or I’m going to side with a guy who has the guts to stand there and take the beating and keep coming,” he said. “I mean, you know, Trump could easily have retired, and if he’d retired, none of these charges would ever have occurred. And instead, he said, you know, the country’s worth going through this. And I think that’s given him support in places that normally wouldn’t have supported [him.”
Gingrich predicted that Trump would win the Republican nomination, and has “a very high likelihood of winning the general election.”
