Newt Gingrich took to Fox News on Wednesday to hammer home a point that should have Democrats shaking in their boots—Elon Musk’s break with the Democratic Party isn’t just about one billionaire’s political evolution. It’s a flashing red warning light for the entire country.
Appearing on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Gingrich laid it out clearly: Musk, once politically neutral, has fully turned against the Democrats because their radical policies have made America unrecognizable. The Biden administration’s reckless overreach, combined with Washington’s unchecked corruption, has pushed one of the world’s most influential innovators straight into the arms of the Republican movement. And that, according to Gingrich, is just the beginning.
“The Democrats went nuts, and Elon has been pretty open about this,” Gingrich said. “When you look at their policies, you look at their values. They are a dead end for America.”
Gingrich pointed to the results of a recent America’s New Majority Project poll, which found that a staggering 82% of Americans believe Washington is corrupt. That’s not just dissatisfaction—that’s a crisis of legitimacy.
“And you can’t survive as a free society if you have a government which is so despised by your own people,” Gingrich continued.
But instead of addressing these concerns, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has chosen to stonewall, threatening a government shutdown rather than support Trump’s fiscal reforms.
Schumer’s refusal to cooperate with House-passed funding measures means the federal government could shut down by the end of the week. Rather than cutting bloated spending, as the American people demand, Schumer is digging in—doubling down on big government at the worst possible time.
Meanwhile, Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Musk, is exposing a mind-blowing $1 trillion in wasteful government spending. What DOGE has uncovered so far is so shocking, even seasoned government watchdogs like Gingrich are stunned.
“Every time Elon releases another set of really stupid spending, I think people look around and go, ‘Wow, you know, they kind of knew it was bad, but even as much as I’ve studied the government, I didn’t know it was this sick and had this many things that are totally indefensible,’” Gingrich said.
It’s no wonder the liberal establishment is panicking over Musk’s alliance with Trump. The Department of Government Efficiency is tearing through Washington’s entrenched bureaucracy like a wrecking ball, and the elites who benefit from that corruption are desperate to stop it.
The Democratic Party, now little more than a machine controlled by trial lawyers, unions, and activist special interests, is clutching its pearls over Musk’s commitment to free speech. MSNBC’s Joy Reid even resorted to a disgusting smear, falsely accusing Musk of harboring nostalgia for apartheid-era South Africa. The left-wing media’s attacks on Musk have grown more unhinged by the day, a sure sign they see him as a genuine threat to their grip on power.
But as Gingrich warned, Democrats are fighting the tide. The movement for smaller government, lower taxes, and greater transparency isn’t slowing down. It’s gaining steam. And with leaders like Trump and Musk at the helm, America is finally on the path to draining the swamp—for real this time.
