‘System Is Corrupt’: Newt Gingrich Says Dems Defending Bureaucracy Face ‘Big Mountain To Climb’ For Midterms

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday evening on Fox News that if Democrats continue to defend “bureaucracy,” they will face a “big mountain to climb” come the 2026 midterm elections.

Since President Donald Trump’s push to clean out the government, including cutting government spending and government jobs, Democrats have protested, saying moves like upending the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are unlawful. With lawmakers continuing to protest at events like Trump’s joint address to Congress on March 4, Fox host Sean Hannity asked Gingrich for his thoughts.

“Look, I think that everything you showed earlier reflects what Lincoln said at Gettysburg when he said, ‘This is a test of whether this system or any system so conceived in liberty can survive.’ You have a hardline group who believe that they have the right to be violent, that they have the right to deny the American people the choice of their leadership, that they have the right to break the law,” Gingrich said. “The answer to all of that is, frankly, you have to lock them up.”

In February, Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk announced on an X Spaces discussion that he and Trump had agreed to upend USAID and transfer its leadership to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Despite reports of billions in taxpayer dollars being wasted on USAID programs that had gone unchecked for years, Democrats rallied against Musk and Trump, with some lawmakers declaring “war.”