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Friday, August 25, 2017

Newt: Don't Expect Left, Right to Compromise — 'One Side Wins'

Newt Gingrich, who was a history professor before he entered politics, does not have encouraging words for people hoping America's fractured society can kiss and make up.

Appearing Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "Tucker Carlson Tonight," the former House speaker compared the current divide to the Civil War era.

Gingrich said a professor friend at Gettysburg College says the response of South Carolina slavery-supporting newspapers to President Abraham Lincoln was "almost verbatim" to the way the left currently is responding to President Donald Trump.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Could it be that this "polarization" is the direct result of constant demonization of the evil Republicans by the Party of Liberal Jim? Imagine, George Washington warned us about this over 200 years ago.