Gingrich on Trump Going After Sotomayor, Ginsburg: He’s Allowed to Have Strong Opinions

HENRY: "But during this news conference domestic politics coming up. In particular this case before the Supreme Court about whether the government can deny Visas to non-citizens entering the U.S. The president fired up about Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent where she wrote in part:  'It is hard to say what is more troubling. That the government would seek this extraordinary relief seemingly as a matter of course,' she wrote, 'or that the Court would grant it.' The president lashing out at both Justice Sotomayor as well as Justice Ginsburg that you saw in that photo who going back to 2016 who called the president a faker and later apologized for that. What do you think about the president saying it’s time for some of these justices to recuse themselves?"
GINGRICH: "Well, look, presidents are allowed to have strong opinions. President Franklin Roosevelt tried to pack the court by adding a whole bunch of extra justices because he was so mad at the court for blocking parts of the new deal. So it’s not unusual for presidents to not always be happy with the Supreme Court. This president has already added two justices. I suspect if he gets re-elected he will add another couple in his second term and leave behind a court much more conservative that it would have been in Hillary Clinton had won or if Bernie Sanders wins. I think he will eventually get there. Trump, I’ve never seen a president more dedicated to the principle that he is allowed to speak his mind as a normal citizen, which of course he is not. He is the president of the UNited States. But there is no rule that says you can’t have your own opinion. And I think Dwight Eisenhower said that appointing Chief Justice Earl Warren was the biggest mistake of his presidency. So I think people are allowed to have strong opinions."