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<\/a>FILE – In this Sept. 19, 2016 file photo, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich introduces Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Ft. Myers, Fla.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Sunday, December 25, 2016<\/p>\n
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich<\/a> predicted Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump<\/a> will devastate President Obama\u2019s legacy by immediately rescinding up to 70 percent of the Democrat\u2019s executive orders.<\/p>\n \u201cI think in the opening couple days, he\u2019s going to repeal 60 to 70 percent of Obama\u2019s legacy by simply vetoing out all of the various executive orders that Obama used because he couldn\u2019t get anything through Congress,\u201d Mr. Gingrich<\/a> said on the Fox Business\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures.\u201d<\/p>\n Shortly after the election, Mr. Obama advised Mr. Trump<\/a> to enact his agenda via Congress, saying that \u201cgoing through the legislative process is always better because in part it\u2019s harder to undo.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s a lesson Mr. Obama may learn the hard way, Mr. Gingrich<\/a> said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think President Obama is beginning to figure out that his legacy is like one of those dolls that as the air comes out of it, it shrinks and shrinks and shrinks,\u201d Mr. Gingrich<\/a> said on \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n Since the election, the Obama administration has undertaken an aggressive push to approve new regulations, particularly on issues related to the environment and climate change.<\/p>\n Even if those regulations are rescinded, however, the Obama administration will likely score political points with its allies.<\/p>\n \u201cHe [President Obama] is in this desperate frenzy. What he\u2019s actually doing is he\u2019s setting up a series of things to distract Trump<\/a>, which will make his liberal allies feel good about Democrats and hate Republicans when Trump<\/a> rolls them back,\u201d Mr. Gingrich<\/a> said.<\/p>\n