Newt Gingrich urged Trump to 'study' Pence's debating style

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Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) praised Vice President Pence for his "remarkable" debate performance against Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Wednesday night, and urged President Trump to "study" Pence's style in preparing for his next debate against Joe Biden.

"I thought Vice President Pence did a remarkable job the other night, which I really hope the president will study," Gingrich told "Outnumbered Overtime" anchor Harris Faulkner.

"He was calm. He was focused. He would go back and say, 'You didn't answer the question,' " he continued. "He wasn't hostile. He just stayed on her. And I think, as a result, he had a very good evening. And the country had a much better sense of what a radical Kamala Harris is."

Trump was roundly criticized for his debate style in his first showdown with Biden last month, with the event from Cleveland marred by interruptions and personal insults. Biden has seen a bump in polling since the first debate with the election just 24 days away.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/520403-newt-gingrich-urged-trump-to-study-pences-debating-style-he-wasnt-hostile

[Wounded Bear]

1. Trump, study?

[TheRealNorth]

8. This was my first thought

Gingrich would do better by suggesting Trump find a body-double to do the debate. That is more Trump's style.

[SoonerPride]

2. That Newt Gingrich still hs any access to media boggles my mind

Can't these cretins just go away forever?

He is just a vile evil piece of shit.

Fuck him.

[PatSeg]

12. I know

Whenever you think THIS TIME they are gone forever, they pop back up to remind us that they are still alive. It is so sad seeing people like that trying so hard to be relevant, but no one cares anymore. Sarah Palin still does it now and then as well, so terribly sad.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. He could only do it with a handful of downers an a glass of wiskey before to calm him down.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. "He Had A Very Good Evening"

The 2 polls I saw showed it a blowout by Harris.
Gingrich is wrong again. Man, he's dumb.

[Marthe48]

5. With or without the fly?

n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

6. 'Study' isn't in Orange Foolius' wheelhouse

You’d have better luck telling Dense’s fly to study his debating ‘style.’

[11 Bravo]

7. So, never shut up, ignore the rules, but do it less frantically?

Tough instructions for a roid-rager to follow.

[CatMor]

9. Does that head scratching advice mean Newtie is a Never Trumper..

most think Kamala Harris won.

[Raven123]

10. Too late Newty. Trump's 1st debate performance is seared into everyone's memory

[Mike Nelson]

11. I like it!

... Newt's first article for The Onion.

[Thekaspervote]

13. Neutered is on the shit list now...how dare he suggest dotard change his ways!!

[Shermann]

14. Pence's debating style is to basically be a dick

With Kamala, he looked for small inconsistencies between her recent statements and statements during the primary. He also quote-mined for any differences between her statements and statements from Biden or information on their website. These then get blown up in an attempt to portray her as being deceptive in some way.

Then he coupled her positions with other "radical" ideas in the party like Green New Deal, and THESE differences get swept aside.

He spent very little time making a case as to why his positions were stronger than her actual positions.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. You say "study" as if there's something wrong with Trump's debating skills.

Trump knows better. He is a stable genius on that stage.

He is the perfect master debater.

[Cha]

16. Especially the Fly landing on his head.. that was the coup de grace

[dixiechiken1]

17. Does anyone believe there will even be any more debates?

Or that there should be? They serve no purpose, especially when DJT is involved.

[tanyev]

18. LOL, yeah, Donny's going to pivot and start acting presidential any minute now.

He just needs to be reminded.