Newt: America Will See 'Red Wave, Not a Blue Wave' This Fall

There will be a "red wave, not a blue wave" in September and October, while the nation heads into the November midterms, because Americans will be turning against the Democratic Party's shift to the left and supporting Republican candidates that President Donald Trump has backed, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday.

"The Democrats are talking themselves out on these radical left agendas which in The Washington Post and The New York Times and on CBS News all sounds terrific," Gingrich told Fox News' "America's Newsroom."

"But I think when you get down to September and October, we'll discover there is a red wave, not a blue wave and that people will repudiate the kind of radical extremism we're seeing emerge in the Democratic Party."

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has a "very strong personality" and his activities are "wildly popular" with Republicans, said Gingrich.

"I think 88 percent of the Republicans approve of him, which is a higher number, except for the period right after 9/11, a higher number than any president in modern times has had in their own party's approval."

So when Trump backs a candidate such as Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., who is seeking the governor's seat, that popularity often turns into votes, said Gingrich.

DeSantis' polling jumped by 16 points in a week after Trump said he backs his candidacy, noted Gingrich, and in Georgia, Secretary of State Brian Kemp won his primary for governor after Trump backed him.

"The test will be this fall, transferring into winning the general election seats," said Gingrich. "I think Washington is so anti-Trump and the liberal media is so anti-Trump they don't understand what's happening out there."

Trump is also seeing many of his policies work, and that's something that is difficult for Washington's establishment to understand, said Gingrich.

"You saw job numbers this morning, dramatically better than projected," said Gingrich. "We now have the lowest black unemployment in American history, which is a very positive thing. It's sad that liberals can't relax and say you know, having fewer and fewer people out of work is a good thing."

And if Trump is right, the economy will keep growing for several years, and if that happens, the impact on politics in America will be 'tremendous," said Gingrich.

"You will have this huge contrast between food stamps and unemployment under [President Barack] Obama and better jobs, higher take home pay, greater opportunities under Trump," said Gingrich.

"At some point the gap will be so wide that among Asian-Americans and Latino-Americans and African-Americans, you will see drift away from a Democratic Party."

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