Newt Gingrich blasted Hillary Clinton for "the radicalism of her court picks" as well as "the extremism of her embrace" of the "[Bernie] Sanders wing." | Getty Gingrich clarifies: Trump 'absolutely' more acceptable than Clinton

Hours after remarking that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump is currently an "acceptable" presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told POLITICO that he still sees the Republican nominee as more palatable than the Democrat, whom he deemed "the most corrupt, dishonest candidate to make it to a general election."

“I am 100 percent for Trump,” Gingrich, who advises Trump and was under consideration to be his running mate, clarified in an email. He blasted Clinton for “the radicalism of her court picks” as well as “the extremism of her embrace” of the “[Bernie] Sanders wing,” and “her devastating record in foreign policy and national security,” which he said “make her unthinkable” to consider.


Speaking to The Washington Post earlier Wednesday, Gingrich assessed that the election between Clinton and Trump is now about “which of these two is the more unacceptable, because right now neither of them is acceptable.” Gingrich also told the Post that Trump is “helping her to win by proving he is more unacceptable than she is.”

Gingrich laid into Trump’s “very self-destructive behavior” in an earlier interview with Fox Business Network, comparing his recent performance to a Hall of Fame quarterback mired in a slump.

“So he’s really got to take a deep breath,” Gingrich said earlier. “I think he has the potential to win the election. I think he has the potential to be a historic president, but to do that, he has got to grow into the size of the job and not get stuck where he has been, which frankly, over the last week, I think has been very disheartening to most of his supporters.”

Asked by POLITICO whether he still personally finds Trump acceptable against Clinton, Gingrich responded: “Absolutely.”