Newt Gingrich: Democrats are trying to 'brainwash the entire next generation'

The 77-year-old Republican former House speaker says Trump will remain a dominant figure for a fairly long period of time'

Some blame Donald Trump. Others blame social media. And those with longer memories blame Newt Gingrich for carving up America into blue states and red states racked by mutual fear, suspicion and alienation.

As speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, the Republican arguably did more anyone else to sow the seeds of division in Washington. Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump's rise," reflected the Atlantic magazine in 2018.