Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on Monday seemed to downplay a recent report that Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, would take a stand against President Trump should the impeachment inquiry advance to the second chamber of Congress for a vote. Gingrich, who competed against Romney in 2012 for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, said on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle that Romney doesn’t have much influence in the Senate given he represents “the old order,” or pre-Trump era, of the GOP. NEWT GINGRICH RESPONDS TO HILLARY CLINTON SLAMMING HIS 'PARTISAN' '90S IMPEACHMENT PUSH“The truth is I don’t pay attention to Mitt Romney. I don’t think Mitt Romney matters in the long run of American political history,” Gingrich told Fox News Host Laura Ingraham. “I don’t think Mitt’s been in jail so I don’t know what he’s being liberated from,” Gingrich said.

Source: Fox News October 22, 2019 06:45 UTC