Gingrich: ‘Why Don’t Americans Matter’ to Schumer?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) during an interview Tuesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show” for leading the Senate Democrats’ efforts to block President Donald Trump’s Cabinet confirmations and thwart his agenda to the detriment of the country.

Gingrich reprimanded Schumer and the Democrats for stalling the confirmation process for Trump’s Cabinet nominees and vowing to unilaterally oppose several of the candidates. Saying that the Democrats were using the delays and theatrics to undermine Trump’s presidency, Gingrich blamed them for large portions of the chaos that have consumed the 45th president’s whirlwind first 10 days in office.

“Why is it the only people Schumer can cry for are foreigners? Why don’t American’s matter to him?”

“Let me make two points about Chuck Schumer,” Gingrich told LifeZette Editor-in-Chief Laura Ingraham. “The first is, he’s the guy who’s blocking all the Cabinet officers getting approved so that Trump has the people to do the things Schumer’s complaining aren’t getting done. And they aren’t getting done because of Schumer.”

“It’s partly Chuck Schumer’s fault. If the Democrats are determined to not go through the process of approving the Cabinet and then approving the sub-Cabinet and so forth, this government is going to be run by a very small number of people for a long time,” Gingrich added.

The former House speaker also questioned Schumer’s “weird” display of emotion when he spoke to protesters over the weekend who were outraged at Trump’s temporary travel ban executive order. Schumer and his cohorts vehemently opposed the order, which imposed a 120-day suspension of the refugee program and a 90-day travel restriction on citizens from seven terrorism-compromised countries.

“The second things is — were you at all struck that Chuck cried the other day? That 4,000 Americans have been shot in Chicago, but Schumer didn’t cry for them,” Gingrich said. “Americans have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, but Schumer didn’t cry for them.”

“Why is it the only people Schumer can cry for are foreigners? Why don’t Americans matter to him?” Gingrich continued. “I just thought it was very strange how emotional he got. I’ve never seen him be emotional before.”

As for the protesters across the country decrying Trump’s travel ban, Gingrich criticized the Left for initiating and using these highly publicized protests filled with angry people to “delegitimize” Trump and claim that he is the one creating the national chaos and disorder.

But in doing so, the Democrats’ efforts will only create a “loony Left” party with a “set of values that are sort of nuts,” Gingrich said. And by unilaterally blocking Trump’s Cabinet nominees, the former House speaker warned that the Democrats are setting themselves up for a humiliating backlash while Trump acts swiftly with an incomplete administration.

“Democrats are hoping if they blocked all this, it would slow down the administration,” Gingrich said. “And they totally misread how Trump operates. And he just said, ‘Fine. I’m going to work with the people that I’ve got. And if that means there’s some things we can’t get done, then we can’t get them done.’ But that’s Schumer’s fault.”

Gingrich highlighted the sheer volume of the executive order blitz Trump carried out last week, as well as the number of meetings he held.

“It’s amazing how much is going on, and I think Trump has done a particularly good job with just keeping everything underway so that it’s very, very hard for the news media or the Democrats to sort of get resettled,” Gingrich said. “Trump wants to do many, many things very, very fast — and that’s his style. And he believes in drowning the system with sheer volume.”

The Democrats’ outrage and stalling, Gingrich said, only boosts Trump’s momentum and lethal potency.

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“And I think the Democrats are hoping that will slow Trump down. And of course, he has just run over them and said, ‘No. If this is all I’ve got to deal with this week, I’m going to take these guys and do the best I can,'” Gingrich added. “And he’s going to keep doing that because he has a general belief that momentum is really, really important and that continuing to do this stuff gives him the ability to stay on offense. And that gradually that wears down the other side.”

Although Gingrich said that Trump “doesn’t believe in extensive, detailed planning,” and is thus prone to making mistakes, the former House speaker commended the new president for “responding so rapidly” to correct mistakes before they can do too much damage.

“And that means that he will have many more mistakes than an average president, but he’ll fix them faster than the average president. And the net effect will be that he’s moving forward,” Gingrich said. “Frankly, I think that is a pretty good theory and that he is executing it reasonably well.”