Newt Gingrich: The Tale of Two Conventions
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This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Newt Gingrich
Real Clear Wire
Historians will look at the 2024 Democratic and Republican national conventions as harbingers of profound changes in American politics and government.
Callista and I participated in the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, so we got a good sense of who was there and what was happening in the GOP. When we watched the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the contrast between the two was overwhelming.
The Republican National Convention was shaped by the reality of the Trump revolution. President Trump miraculously survived an assassination attempt the Saturday before,
