Little Trump

Gingrich: 'Little Trump is frankly pathetic'

By POLITICO Staff

Longtime Donald Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich on Thursday smacked down the Republican nominee, saying “little Trump is frankly pathetic.”

With Trump’s campaign in a tailspin as more women accuse the billionaire of groping them, Gingrich lamented how Trump is reacting by lashing out at House Speaker Paul Ryan, who abandoned the nominee earlier this week.

“Look, first of all, let me just say about Trump, who I admire and I’ve tried to help as much as I can. There’s a big Trump and a little Trump,” Gingrich said on Fox Business Thursday morning in a comment that evoked Trump's slam on Marco Rubio as "Little Marco." “The little Trump is frankly pathetic. I mean, he’s mad over not getting a phone call?”

Trump at a rally in Florida on Wednesday lashed out at Ryan for not offering his congratulations after Sunday night’s debate.

“Instead of calling me and saying, ‘Congratulations, you did a great job, you absolutely destroyed her in the debate like everybody said,’” Trump said, as he went on to bemoan other ways he’s been jilted this election.

Gingrich on Thursday morning said Trump needs to focus his energy on Hillary Clinton and to stop being distracted.

“Donald Trump has one opponent. Her name is Hillary Clinton. Her name is not Paul Ryan. It’s not anybody else,” he said.