Gingrich: Clinton ‘deranged’ for blaming Trump for terror attacks

Gingrich told the GOP nominee’s supporters in Fort Myers, Fla. that Clinton’s comments echo those she made in the immediate aftermath of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in 2012.

“Hillary Clinton cut right through. She channeled the lies she told back in Benghazi, which remember, she told a the mother of a dead soldier that it was in fact caused by a film, even though she knew that was a total lie,” Gingrich said. “And ask yourself: How cold and heartless do you have to be to lie to a mother about the death of her son?”

“So Secrerary Clinton came out today and she said the cause is clear: It’s Donald Trump. Now think about this — we’ve been at war with radical Islamists since the Ayatollah Khomeini took over Iran in 1979, seized the American embassy and held our hostages. We had bombings in the 1980s. We had bombings in the 1990s. We’ve been involved in a long war for 15 years, but Hillary Clinton has figured it out,” Gingrich said before openly mocking Clinton.

“Donald Trump, apparently magically in 1979 without realizing it, launched the terrorist war. In 1979 he wasn’t even in business in Manhattan, but he was so precocious as a young man, so filled with talent that all of this is due to him,” Gingrich said to chuckles before getting serious. “Now, do you know how deranged you have to be to say this with a straight face?”

The former speaker was referencing Clinton’s remarks to reporters on Monday morning, when she said that Trump is giving “aid and comfort” to ISIS, which was roundly dismissed by Republicans.

Gingrich went on to echo Indiana Gov. Mike Pence by going after the White House for saying that the U.S. is currently engaged in a war over “narratives,” asking how “out of touch with reality” one must be to make that kind of statement, pointing to the injuries suffered in the attacks.