Minority voters will be a consequence of the second round of elections in Georgia, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Monday.
In “Fox & Friends,” Gingrich noted that President Trump received more black and Latino votes in the 2020 presidential election than in 2016 and that change could influence who wins the Georgia contests that will determine the party’s control of the Senate this year.
“The Republican Party has been consistently better because, again, the people who are earning a living by working hard tend to be increasingly biased towards us and lower taxes,” said Gingrich.
“And you had about two dozen African American pastors who attacked Raphael Warnock for being so radically pro-abortion and so willing to use tax money to pay for abortion. So there are issues of values there as well. And I think that you will find that we have done or continue to do better with Asian, Latino and African American votes as it becomes obvious how radical, how high taxes and, frankly, how high unemployment is for Democrats. “
Gingrich, who represented Georgia’s sixth district in the Atlanta suburb while in Congress, explained the phenomenon of minorities moving to the suburbs in recent years. As a result, former Republican strongholds such as Cobb County and Gwinnett County have become increasingly blue, while rural Georgia has become more Republican.
“Well, it’s a fascinating demographics. What has basically happened is that strong Republican voters have moved more and more into small towns and communities like Dalton or like Rome, like Gainesville,” said Gingrich.
“And at the same time, the people who were huddled in downtown Atlanta as they got rich, I mean, one of the great virtues of Trump’s economy was the lowest black unemployment rate in history. Well, how people make more money , they like to move to the suburbs, which is perfectly normal, “said Gingrich.
LOEFFLER’S WARNING BEFORE GEORGIA’S RACE: ‘WE WILL NOT HAVE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY’
Meanwhile, Senator Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., Has warned that Democratic victories in her state’s run-off elections will spell a radical agenda that will dramatically change life in the U.S.
Both Georgia Senate seats – and control of the chamber – will be up for grabs on Tuesday, when Loeffler faces Warnock and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., Faces Jon Ossoff. With Democrats already in control of the House and the White House after the November election, Loeffler told Fox News Sunday that Democratic victories this week would result in drastic changes in Washington.
“It’s a choice, it’s a stark contrast between liberties – our way of life here in Georgia – or socialism, government control,” she said. “We know the left agenda because Chuck Schumer told us he would take Georgia and then change the United States. And we know that the radical agenda is not just about high taxes, open borders, emptying the police, government medical assistance, but he has candidates radicals in this race, your agents of change. “
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One of those “agents of change,” said Loeffler, is her opponent Warnock, who she said does not represent the values of her state and who “would fundamentally change this country”.
President-elect Joe Biden was the first Democrat in 28 years to win Georgia in a presidential race, although Republicans in both US Senate contests, including the “jungle” race for Loeffler’s seat with nearly two dozen contestants , obtained more votes than the Democratic counterparts in November. No one exceeded the 50 percent limit, however, forcing the second round in both competitions.
Ronn Blitzer of Fox News contributed to this report.