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Confident Newt Gingrich Predicts an “Adequate,” “Competent,” and “Acceptable” Trump Performance

Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump in Cincinnati on July 6.

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It’s been said that Donald Trump has an easier job than Hillary Clinton tonight because all he has to do to exceed expectations is not be a complete misogynist idiot. No one has captured that reality quite as well, though, as Newt Gingrich just did minutes ago in predicting a Trump victory:

And that’s from somebody who’s one of Trump’s earliest and most prominent supporters! “I’m predicting major gains in non-unacceptability tonight, guys.”