Newt Gingrich on Special Report with Bret Baier | October 8, 2020

Newt Gingrich joins Bret Baier and a panel of experts to weigh in on issues that are affecting voters this election season and how presidential debates should be handled in the future.

Transcript:

NEWT:

Biden and Harris have a real dilemma. If they answer honestly to please their Left, which is they'll pack the court, the country by about 2-1 will repudiate them. On the other hand, if they please the average American by pledging not to pack the court their entire activist base will repudiate them. And that’s why you see this dodging and dancing. I thought Frank Luntz said it exactly right and I hope that Trump can pick up on how simple this is. This is an issue which goes to the heart of trust and power. He can force Biden to either say yes, say no, or be on defense for three weeks, and that frankly could change the whole election.

I think they ought to abolish the Debate Commission. They change the rules of the game without asking the president, they didn't involve his team, they stacked all the moderators. The next moderator was actually an intern for Biden and an intern for Teddy Kennedy, give me a break. If I was Donald Trump, I wouldn't want to go to a virtual debate that they totally control. What he ought to do is offer a John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon debate in a television studio spaced 20-30 feet, go at it and let's see Biden turn that down.