Gingrich offers Trump a six-point plan to keep the House and Senate in the midterms

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is offering a six-point plan for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party to win the midterms in November, after the president’s big victories Tuesday night.The president endorsed dozens of candidates in primaries across six states, resulting in over 30 of them either winning their respective races or advancing to a runoff. Some Trump-backed candidates even ousted sitting lawmakers such as Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie. 
To be sure, Republican and Democratic strategists alike have warned the GOP risks losing control of the House and perhaps the Senate amid high consumer costs, particularly those at the gas pump that have steadily climbed toward record highs since roughly the start of the U.S. war with Iran on Feb. 28.
Still, Gingrich, who was speaker from the mid- to late-1990s but remains one of his party’s foremost thought leaders, has proposed a methodical strategy for Trump to boost support ahead of the elections.
Lower gas prices 
Gingrich, as a guest Wednesday on the John Solomon Reports” podcast, urged Trump to work on lowering gas prices before Labor Day this September, arguing it’s a critical affordability point if the president wants his candidates to do well in November.
“I think that the political skills and the effectiveness of his organization put him in a pretty good position … to win this fall in a historic way,” he said. “In my mind, the key is the price of gasoline. If gasoline is below $4 and clearly coming down by Labor Day, the Republicans may historically win one of the biggest off-year elections in history.”
Gas prices reached an average of $4.56 per gallon nationwide as of Thursday, according to Forbes. The number is an increase of $0.54 from April and $0.03 last week.
Oil and affordability
Gingrich said the Trump administration should also focus on the high oil prices on the global market, which is part of what has caused gas prices to soar recently, and other affordability issues such as housing and healthcare. 
“If the oil starts flowing, if the price against the means comes down, the rest of the world will relax,” he said. “They don’t care what we do, the Iranians, as long as they get their oil. The American people will relax.”
Tackle the Iranian regime through the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf
Gingrich struck a more hawkish stance in dealing with the Iranian regime – suggesting Trump should further prioritize toppling it in a battle of the Persian Gulf and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping channel for oil.
“This is a dictatorship, which in January killed 42,000 of its own people,” he said. “I’ve been arguing that the key to the whole thing is the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, and we need to ask Admiral Cooper to take personally charge, delegate all the rest of CENTCOM to his duty, and then wage a battle of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
“We could do it, but we should literally turn all of our capable forces into winning this one battle.
“Because if we are ferocious enough and aggressive enough, and we break them in the strait and the gulf, the world will realize that we’re genuinely serious, that we are truly dangerous, and as oil flows and prices come down, people will then give the President permission to sustain a long, steady campaign to break the dictatorship and drive it out of power.”
Gingrich also said Americans underestimate Iran, which views its leadership as a “religious dictatorship” and that peace through diplomacy and regular means would be futile.
Health successes
He said Republicans also need to shine a brighter spotlight on the successes of the Make America Healthy Again movement, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Gingrich recommended the White House put together a list of such achievements, including the elimination of artificial food dyes linked to cancer and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel’s decision to stop recommending infants receive the hepatitis B shot at birth.
Craziest things Democrats have done
Gingrich also pushed the White House to compile and promote a list of the “craziest things” that Democrats have done amid the Trump administration, including everything that its leaders have said to try to ensure victory in the midterms.
“Trump needs to be talking about the ‘Do Dangerous Things Democrat Congressmen,'” he said. “Point out [that if] these people get a majority, they will do nothing for two years. They will guarantee gridlock for America. So, if you think what America needs to solve her problems is two years of gridlock, this is your team.”
The comment comes after former Vice President Kamala Harris pushed for Democrats to host a “no bad idea brainstorm” session in which they could gather ideas for winning back Congress in the midterms and the White House in 2028, including suggestions like reforming the Supreme Court and abolishing the Electoral College.
Focus on the future
Gingrich also emphasized the importance of providing a blueprint for the American people about what the next two years of a Republican Congress and administration would look like.
“You start by saying we have gotten a lot done, then you go to, and if we have a majority next year, here’s what we will do,” he said. “I think we drive those themes within a framework of acceptable gas prices. We will win an extraordinary election this fall.”
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.

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