Newt Gingrich's Contrasting Approach to Standoffs: "Affording Idiots" vs GOP Hardliners

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich contrasted the dynamics of the '90s-era House GOP with the current slim majority faced by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Gingrich stated that he could "afford to have five or six people be idiots" during standoffs, highlighting the challenge of the razor-thin 221-213 majority that House Republicans currently hold. McCarthy recently pushed through a stopgap spending measure with mostly Democratic support to avert a shutdown, but the party's narrow margin for error poses challenges in passing key legislation.