Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted on Monday that Republicans will take majorities in both the House and Senate with the midterm elections.
The prediction from Gingrich comes as GOP candidates have improved in polling in various crucial House and Senate races.
“I think the Republicans will gain seats in the Senate just as I think they will gain a lot of seats in the House,” Gingrich said on Fox & Friends on Monday.
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Gingrich pointed to the Senate races in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania as the key races for the GOP.
In Wisconsin, incumbent Republican Ron Johnson has taken the lead in polls against challenger Democrat Mandela Barnes, while in Pennsylvania, Republican Mehmet Oz has majorly cut into Democrat John Fetterman’s polling lead.
“I think these two races are great examples of why Mandela Barnes is, in fact, remarkably left-wing, pro-criminal, anti-public safety, not just anti-police. Remember, if you’re sufficiently anti-police, you are against public safety,” Gingrich said. “Meanwhile, John Fetterman has a long record of voting to release murderers, often is the only person on the parole board vote to release a particular murderer. Philadelphia has just set a record for carjackings, and it’s only the beginning of October. Seventy percent of Philadelphians say their biggest issue is physical safety and crime. Fetterman, of course, is pro-criminal and anti-safety.”
The key issue for the GOP in both Senate races is crime, according to the former Republican speaker of the House.
“So, in both those states, crime is a huge issue. And the radicalism of the Democrats [is a] huge issue, and I think, in both states, Republicans are going to end up winning,” Gingrich said.
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The Senate races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are expected to be some of the closest of the midterm elections. RealClearPolitics has rated both Senate seats as “toss-up” races.
Johnson holds a 2.3% lead over Barnes in the Wisconsin race, according to the polling average, and Fetterman holds a 4.1% lead over Oz in the Pennsylvania race, based on the same metric.
