Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Newton (Newt) Leroy GingrichMORE (R) on Monday slammed current Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPowell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE's (D-Calif.) strategy to delay reporting articles of impeachment against President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE to the Senate, with the Fox News contributor calling Democrats "brain-dead" while noting the tactic is only helping the president in fundraising.

“He ought to send her a beautiful ‘thank you’ note saying that no one has done more to finance my campaign than you have Nancy, please spend the next months convincing people your party is brain-dead,” Gingrich said in an appearance on “Fox & Friends.”

It was reported last week that the Trump campaign raised $46 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, the highest quarterly haul for Trump so far, with the campaign citing impeachment as a driving force behind the fundraising. The president now has more than $100 million at his disposal to begin 2020.

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Gingrich, who presided over the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998, also argued that Pelosi's attempt to "bluff" Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (R-Ky.) by sitting on articles of impeachment is ill-advised.

“The idea that Pelosi thinks that she can somehow bluff Mitch McConnell ... verges on requiring a psychologist,” Gingrich said.

“She has no leverage on him," he added. "None. And it makes her look weak and foolish."

Trump ripped the Democratic strategy on impeachment as "a con game" in a tweet Monday morning.

“It is a con game by the Dems to help with the Election!” Trump wrote.

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