Gingrich laughs at ‘deranged’ Democrats falling into Trump’s trap: ‘It’s funny’

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich could not help but laugh at the Democratic Party’s frequent resistance against President Donald Trump, suggesting the president has “a knack” for entrapping his political opponents.

Gingrich was perplexed by Democratic lawmakers, specifically Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), going “off the deep end” in seeking to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, even after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security determined Garcia to be an MS-13 gang member. The former House speaker contended Van Hollen “never” expressed the same concern for the victims of illegal immigrants that he has given to Garcia, adding that he has never seen Democratic lawmakers “this deranged.”

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