Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said in a new interview that Donald Trump has taken a different tone as president-elect and may be leaving behind his campaign promise to “drain the swamp.”
Gingrich told NPR’s “Morning Edition” that he was told Trump “now says [the phrase] was cute, but he doesn’t want to use it anymore.”
Gingrich, who has been a close adviser to Trump, said he likes “drain the swamp” because it “vividly illustrates the problem, because all people in this city who are the alligators are going to hate the swamp being drained.”
“But, you know, he is my leader, and if he decides to drop the swamp and the alligator I will drop the swamp and the alligator,” he said.
Gingrich also said he’d noticed Trump’s change in attitude toward his supporters chanting “lock her up” at his post-election rallies, referring to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
“Maybe he feels that, as president, as the next president of the United States, that he should be marginally more dignified than talking about alligators in swamps,” Gingrich said.
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— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 21, 2016
It’s yet another broken promise which his fans will either gloss over or ignore.
Is anyone keeping track? Trump must have set a record for a president breaking promises before he is inaugurated.
This video would have been a lot better if Newt ripped his face off (a la "V" the original series), to reveal he is an alligator. https://t.co/goGRQTsLaQ
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) December 22, 2016
I goofed. Draining the swamp is in, @realDonaldTrump is going to do it, and the alligators should be worried. #DTS https://t.co/nCHs61gpve pic.twitter.com/OCO7eaSKvk
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 22, 2016
“But, you know, he is my leader, and if he asks me to jump off a cliff I’ll jump off a cliff”.
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