Newt Gingrich said that it’s a “disgrace” the majority-Republican Senate has tolerated Democrat Chuck Schumer’s blocking of nominees for so long.

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“I think we’re at a historic turning point,”Gingrich said. “We have tolerated Schumer behaving as though he is the majority leader for well over a year. This is an unprecedented assault on American representation in terms of ambassadors, in terms of filling slots in the government.”

“It is totally unacceptable. I think the burden is on the Senate Republicans to either dramatically, radically shorten the tools of the minority, or, to force Schumer to voluntarily go along.” (RELATED: Newt Gingrich Drops A-Bomb On ‘Elite Media’ For Being ‘Factually False’)

“But, I think it is a disgrace that the U.S. Senate has tolerated this and everywhere you look around the world, whether it’s in Berlin, or in Luxembourg, in ambassadorships, whether it’s in jobs in terms of the executive branch,” he added. “This is a grave disservice.”

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