STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME BACK.
LET'S BRING IN NEWT
GINGRICH, FORMINGER SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
HE WRITES A FREE NEWSLETTER
AVAILABLE AT GINGRICH
360.COM.
IT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
NEWT, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
STEVE: I'M SURE YOU WERE
WATCHING A LOT OF TELEVISION
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
REPORTING HOW IT LOOKS LIKE
WE ARE AIMING FOR A
RECESSION BECAUSE THERE WAS
INVERTED YIELD CURVE THING
AND TRADE WAR WITH CHINA.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK EVERY
LEFT WING REPORTER IN THE
COUNTRY AND EVERY DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS
DESPERATE FOR A RECESSION.
IT'S KIND OF WEIRD.
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE RUNNING
TO BE PRESIDENT IN THE HOPES
THAT MORE AMERICANS WILL BE
UNEMPLOYED.
AND SO, ANY INDICATOR OF ANY
KIND THAT GIVES THEM AN
EXCUSE TO SAY OH THE
RECESSION IS ON THE WAY,
JUST MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD.
NOW, THE FACT IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT'S POLICIES ARE
WORKING OVERALL.
THAT THE DECLINE, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN THE COST OF OIL
AND GAS AND NATURAL GAS IS
THE EQUIVALENT OF BIG TAX
CUT.
AND THAT WE ARE GOING
THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES.
AND THE CHANGES IN A
FREQUENT, YOU GET TURMOIL.
YOU GET SOMEBODY INEVENTS
APPLE.
SOMEBODY INEVENTS A
COMPUTER.
SOMEBODY INEVENTS A NEW
DRUG.
SO A LOT OF CHURNING, SO
FAR, AT LEAST, WE ARE
PROBABLY THE HEALTHIEST
ECONOMY ON THE PLANET.
AND WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO
AVOID A RECESSION THAN ANY
OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
GRIFF: ASK YOU ABOUT THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" MAGAZINE.
CRUSADE REFRAME AMERICA AS
DEFINED BY SLAVERY AND
RACISM.
HERE'S THE HEADLINE I WANT
TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
THE 1619 PROJECT AND THE
QUOTE INSIDE SAYS Q IT AIMS
TO REFRAME THE COUNTRY'S
HISTORY, UNDERSTANDING 1619
AS OUR TRUE FOUNDING AND
PLACING THE CONSEQUENCES OF
SLAVERY AND THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK
AMERICANS AT THE VERY CENTER
OF THE STORY TELL US WHO
WE'RE.
YOU ARE A HISTORIAN.
YOUR REACTION?
>> YEAH, THE WHOLE PROJECT
IS A LIE.
LOOK, I THINK SLAVERY A
TERRIBLE THING.
I THINK PUTTING SLAVERY IN
CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT.
WE STILL HAVE SLAVERY IN
PLACES AROUND THE WORLD
TODAY SO, WE RECOGNIZE THIS
IS AN ONGOING STORY.
I THINK CERTAINLY IF YOU ARE
AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, SLAVERY
IS AT THE CENTER OF WHAT YOU
SEES A THE AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE.
BUT, FOR MOST AMERICANS,
MOST OF THE TIME, THERE WERE
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING
ON.
THERE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED
THOUSAND WHITE AMERICANS WHO
DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR IN
ORDER TO FREE THE SLAVES.
THE FACT IS THAT I SAW ONE
REFERENCE THAT THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" CLAIMS THAT THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS
CAUSED IN PART TO DEFEND
SLAVERY.
THAT IS SUCH HISTORICALLY
FACTUALLY FALSE NONSENSE
THAT IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS
DOING.
THIS BUT, IF YOU SAW THE
RECENT LEAKED INTERVIEW,
TOWN HALL MEETING WITH THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" EDITOR, HE
BASICALLY SAID, LOOK, WE
BLEW IT ON RUSSIAN
COLLUSION, DIDN'T WORK.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO
RACISM, THAT'S OUR NEW
MODEL.
THE NEXT TWO YEARS WILL BE
TRUMP AND RACISM.
THIS IS A TRAGIC DECLINE OF