Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warns that escalating hostility from Democratic leaders toward President Trump is dangerously deepening national polarization and threatening American democracy. In a Fox News interview, he criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and others for rhetoric that breeds contempt for law enforcement and institutions, calling it a \u201cconstitutional stress test\u201d that erodes public trust.<\/p>\n
Gingrich highlighted Democrats\u2019 refusal to applaud unifying moments in Congress as detachment, not mere disagreement, and accused the party of prioritizing obstruction over solutions. Citing internal polling showing 82% of Americans believe the system is corrupt, he called it a \u201cterrifying\u201d crisis point.<\/p>\n
While both parties fuel anger, he blamed Democrats more for inflammatory tactics that risk long-term instability. He condemned intimidation like protests at politicians\u2019 homes and media\u2019s role in amplifying division. Urging civility, restraint, and focus on real issues\u2014border, inflation, global threats\u2014Gingrich said 2026 voters will punish dysfunction. Without reform, he warns, America risks collapse; with responsibility, this crisis could spark renewal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warns that escalating hostility from Democratic leaders toward President Trump is dangerously deepening national polarization and threatening American democracy. In a Fox News interview, he criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and others for rhetoric that breeds contempt for law enforcement and institutions, calling it a \u201cconstitutional stress test\u201d that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions\/2224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}