Donald Trump delivered a speech for the ages today — at least, in Newt Gingrich’s mind. (And surely, Trump’s.)
The former Speaker of the House said on Twitter that the GOP presidential nominee’s Saturday address in Gettysburg, Pa. was “maybe the best reform speech since Reagan in 1980.”
Pretty high praise. Here’s Gingrich’s full tweet:
#Gettysburg is Trump's most important speech, maybe the best reform speech since Reagan in 1980. Every citizen should read it before voting
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) October 22, 2016
Readers can watch the speech and entire rally here.
At the event, Trump vowed to sue every woman who has accused him of sexual misconduct. Of course, that’s probably not what Gingrich was so impressed by. Policy-wise, Trump said he plans to eliminate
Of particular interest to TheWrap readers, the billionaire businessman also said that, as president, he’d disallow AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner. The anti-mainstream media consolidation candidate also plans to breakup Comcast and NBCUniversal, too.
“As an example of the power structure I’m fighting, AT&T is buying Time Warner — and thus CNN — a deal we will not approve in my administration because it’s too much concentration of power in the hands of too few,” Trump told his enthusiastic rally crowd.
“Additionally, Comcast’s purchase of NBC concentrates far too much power in one massive entity that is trying to tell the voters what to think and what to do,” he stated. “Deals like this destroy democracy, and we’ll look at breaking that deal up and other deals like that. This should never, ever have been approved in the first place.”