CLEVELAND, July 20 (UPI) -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offered a forceful case for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying Democrats have been too lax in defending the country against terrorists, a mistake he said cannot be repeated for another four years.
Speaking Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Gingrich began by rattling off a string of terrorist attacks over the past several weeks, including the bombing of an airport in Turkey, the killings at a Bastille Day celebration in France and the killing of 49 people at an Orlando, Fla., nightclub among other recent atrocities, criticizing President Barack Obama for failing to move more forcefully to combat extremism.