' Hi folks, in case you have forgotten who I am let me refresh your rusty memory bank right to the boiling point; I'm Newt Gingrich, you might remember me as the Former 'do nothing but stonewall' House Speaker, and 'I' practically 'approve' this message.
Look folks, I really don't see what all the excitement is about. I mean, What!? The very person who is absolutly 'qualified', even Over Quailfied, to be President of the United States, Is. And That's the way it is, get used to it or Move. Now I don't mind 'saying' that I am ready and willing to suck up to our new President like there's no tomorrow if That's what it takes for him to notice me. Please! Oh, Please! See how I have my Thumb in the Up position. If you guessed where it was just before that pic was taken, you'd be right assrain! I don't want to hear Anymore criticism of my pal anymore from Anyone! Mr. Trump has more money than Jesus, and twice the Power. He can actually 'lay hands' on the ill, and cure them, I've 'seen' him calm a storm just by winking at it, and I know he's gonna 'lay hands' on this pitiful, broken, sorry country, and make it "great again". And you know what? I'm going to be right there behind him, well maybe a Little ways back, not Too close, but sorta in the background there, almost 'every' step of the way. Why, I'd even practically follow him right off a cliff, well, not a very High cliff, maybe more like something short and small. Or maybe like a Good politician, I'd just tell him I 'would', but then Not when it comes right down to it. I've 'always' been a man of my Words, practically...sorta. Hey, and another thing. I have it on good authority that Donald, I can cll him that because I'm his new 'friend', is quite above the Law of The Land in his position as our wonderful, can do nothing wrong, Commander In Chief. Just as He, himself has said on many occasions, he is Not bound by any laws of Ethics, and Cannot Ever be constrained by Conflicts Of Interest issues. It's that simple folks. Trust me on that one people. Trust me. Go ahead, 'trust' me. In fact, 'trust Him!
And Nepotism? Forget about it! Non issue! We have erased That term right out of the White House dictionary! Gone! Don't bother looking for it. If he wants to hire Any or All of his wonderfully rich, beautiful, clueless children to be members of his Staff, he can Do that. He can send them out on State Dignitary Missions if he wants to. If they screw up, or Break The Law, he has the power to 'forgive' them. They, like Donald will be above and beyond the laws of the land that might pertain to the common man in America. This is because They are Not 'Common people'. “He could simply say, ‘Look, I want them to be my advisers. I pardon them if anyone finds them to have behaved against the rules. Period.’ Technically, under the Constitution, he has that level of authority". Do you have Any idea how much Money they all have? Wow! Hey, I, myself, have a lot, but They have Lots, and Lots. “My point is we have never seen this kind of wealth in the White House, and so traditional rules don’t work, and we’re going to have to think up, you know, a whole new approach.” Out with the Old 'rules', In with the New. Out with old dusty 'Laws', In, with.....well, None at all. I mean, hey, this is like having a King again! Of course we don't know exactly Who the Queen will be, real unclear on That issue, but He's like a King for Sure. We must treat extremely Wealthy people, especially President Trump who has absolutly no connection to the lower class, like Royality. That's the way he was raised and spoiled rotten, and so that's the way we as Obediant subjects must treat him, and Never question Anything he says or does, and Never allow the 'press' anywhere near him or ask him questions that he might be forced to 'google' for an answer. That 'wall' he always talked about? Well, That will be a 'wall' around himself, as you already can 'see', a wall that will prevent Anyone from ever hoping for 'Transparancy'. We've erased That filthy un-democratic word from the dictionary too! We must protect him from Democrats who might question his motives, and from 'fact-Checkers' who are always mis-quoting him and printing lies about him. So anyway, I know that all faithful, obediant, deer in the headlights, ignorant Americans just like myself, will, like lemmings be, and follow our new President no matter Where he takes us on his, quite possibly incoherent, tweeting journey. 'I'm' Newt, the best minion Mr. Trumps almost ever had, and I almost 'approve' this message'.
Look folks, I really don't see what all the excitement is about. I mean, What!? The very person who is absolutly 'qualified', even Over Quailfied, to be President of the United States, Is. And That's the way it is, get used to it or Move. Now I don't mind 'saying' that I am ready and willing to suck up to our new President like there's no tomorrow if That's what it takes for him to notice me. Please! Oh, Please! See how I have my Thumb in the Up position. If you guessed where it was just before that pic was taken, you'd be right assrain! I don't want to hear Anymore criticism of my pal anymore from Anyone! Mr. Trump has more money than Jesus, and twice the Power. He can actually 'lay hands' on the ill, and cure them, I've 'seen' him calm a storm just by winking at it, and I know he's gonna 'lay hands' on this pitiful, broken, sorry country, and make it "great again". And you know what? I'm going to be right there behind him, well maybe a Little ways back, not Too close, but sorta in the background there, almost 'every' step of the way. Why, I'd even practically follow him right off a cliff, well, not a very High cliff, maybe more like something short and small. Or maybe like a Good politician, I'd just tell him I 'would', but then Not when it comes right down to it. I've 'always' been a man of my Words, practically...sorta. Hey, and another thing. I have it on good authority that Donald, I can cll him that because I'm his new 'friend', is quite above the Law of The Land in his position as our wonderful, can do nothing wrong, Commander In Chief. Just as He, himself has said on many occasions, he is Not bound by any laws of Ethics, and Cannot Ever be constrained by Conflicts Of Interest issues. It's that simple folks. Trust me on that one people. Trust me. Go ahead, 'trust' me. In fact, 'trust Him!
And Nepotism? Forget about it! Non issue! We have erased That term right out of the White House dictionary! Gone! Don't bother looking for it. If he wants to hire Any or All of his wonderfully rich, beautiful, clueless children to be members of his Staff, he can Do that. He can send them out on State Dignitary Missions if he wants to. If they screw up, or Break The Law, he has the power to 'forgive' them. They, like Donald will be above and beyond the laws of the land that might pertain to the common man in America. This is because They are Not 'Common people'. “He could simply say, ‘Look, I want them to be my advisers. I pardon them if anyone finds them to have behaved against the rules. Period.’ Technically, under the Constitution, he has that level of authority". Do you have Any idea how much Money they all have? Wow! Hey, I, myself, have a lot, but They have Lots, and Lots. “My point is we have never seen this kind of wealth in the White House, and so traditional rules don’t work, and we’re going to have to think up, you know, a whole new approach.” Out with the Old 'rules', In with the New. Out with old dusty 'Laws', In, with.....well, None at all. I mean, hey, this is like having a King again! Of course we don't know exactly Who the Queen will be, real unclear on That issue, but He's like a King for Sure. We must treat extremely Wealthy people, especially President Trump who has absolutly no connection to the lower class, like Royality. That's the way he was raised and spoiled rotten, and so that's the way we as Obediant subjects must treat him, and Never question Anything he says or does, and Never allow the 'press' anywhere near him or ask him questions that he might be forced to 'google' for an answer. That 'wall' he always talked about? Well, That will be a 'wall' around himself, as you already can 'see', a wall that will prevent Anyone from ever hoping for 'Transparancy'. We've erased That filthy un-democratic word from the dictionary too! We must protect him from Democrats who might question his motives, and from 'fact-Checkers' who are always mis-quoting him and printing lies about him. So anyway, I know that all faithful, obediant, deer in the headlights, ignorant Americans just like myself, will, like lemmings be, and follow our new President no matter Where he takes us on his, quite possibly incoherent, tweeting journey. 'I'm' Newt, the best minion Mr. Trumps almost ever had, and I almost 'approve' this message'.
The former House speaker also suggested the president-elect has the power to pardon advisers who break the law.
Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sees no reason for ethics laws to keep President-elect Donald Trump from appointing certain people to his administration.
Gingrich suggested on Monday during an interview with NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show” that Trump could sidestep anti-nepotism laws that would bar him from giving advisory roles to his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner.
“In the case of the president, he has a broad ability to organize the White House the way he wants to,” Gingrich said.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the nepotism statute into law in 1967, seven years after President John F. Kennedy appointed his brother Bobby Kennedy as attorney general. The law prevents public officials from employing or promoting relatives to a civilian position of an office within their jurisdiction.
Gingrich previously stated Trump might have to get a “waiver” in order to bypass the law. Now it seems the former House speaker doesn’t believe the law necessarily applies to the Trump administration at all.
“[The law] was a very narrowly focused bill really in reaction to a particular personality thing,” Gingrich said. “You have to look at it in the context of what [its creators] were trying to accomplish.”
Gingrich suggested on Monday during an interview with NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show” that Trump could sidestep anti-nepotism laws that would bar him from giving advisory roles to his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner.
“In the case of the president, he has a broad ability to organize the White House the way he wants to,” Gingrich said.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the nepotism statute into law in 1967, seven years after President John F. Kennedy appointed his brother Bobby Kennedy as attorney general. The law prevents public officials from employing or promoting relatives to a civilian position of an office within their jurisdiction.
Gingrich previously stated Trump might have to get a “waiver” in order to bypass the law. Now it seems the former House speaker doesn’t believe the law necessarily applies to the Trump administration at all.
“[The law] was a very narrowly focused bill really in reaction to a particular personality thing,” Gingrich said. “You have to look at it in the context of what [its creators] were trying to accomplish.”
Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Overriding nepotism laws wasn’t the only notable rule-bending suggestion Gingrich made Monday. He also seemed to imply Trump could protect advisers who break the law.
“He also has, frankly, the power of the pardon. It’s a totally open power,” Gingrich said. “He could simply say, ‘Look, I want them to be my advisers. I pardon them if anyone finds them to have behaved against the rules. Period.’ Technically, under the Constitution, he has that level of authority.”
The Fox News contributor said Congress should adopt new practices that would take Trump’s enormous business wealth into account.
“My point is we have never seen this kind of wealth in the White House, and so traditional rules don’t work, and we’re going to have to think up, you know, a whole new approach,” Gingrich said.
James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, also appeared on Monday’s radio segment and said he couldn’t believe what Gingrich has proposed.
“Speaker Gingrich’s statement that wealth trumps the rule of law ― basically, that’s what he was saying ― is jaw-dropping,” he said.
From doing business with Bahrain to owing foreign banks large sums of money, the president-elect is associated with unprecedented conflicts of interest that should startle most government officials.
But the potential appointment of his daughter and son-in-law to his administration is just another conflict of interest that doesn’t seem to bother many Republicans.
“I don’t think that Mr. Trump has as big of a problem as people would like him to have with it, so, no, I have no problem,” Rep. Michael Kelly (R-Pa.) told The Huffington Post earlier this month.
“He also has, frankly, the power of the pardon. It’s a totally open power,” Gingrich said. “He could simply say, ‘Look, I want them to be my advisers. I pardon them if anyone finds them to have behaved against the rules. Period.’ Technically, under the Constitution, he has that level of authority.”
The Fox News contributor said Congress should adopt new practices that would take Trump’s enormous business wealth into account.
“My point is we have never seen this kind of wealth in the White House, and so traditional rules don’t work, and we’re going to have to think up, you know, a whole new approach,” Gingrich said.
James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, also appeared on Monday’s radio segment and said he couldn’t believe what Gingrich has proposed.
“Speaker Gingrich’s statement that wealth trumps the rule of law ― basically, that’s what he was saying ― is jaw-dropping,” he said.
From doing business with Bahrain to owing foreign banks large sums of money, the president-elect is associated with unprecedented conflicts of interest that should startle most government officials.
But the potential appointment of his daughter and son-in-law to his administration is just another conflict of interest that doesn’t seem to bother many Republicans.
“I don’t think that Mr. Trump has as big of a problem as people would like him to have with it, so, no, I have no problem,” Rep. Michael Kelly (R-Pa.) told The Huffington Post earlier this month.
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