Gingrich proposed bringing back House Un-American Activities Committee

by Laura Clawson

Daily Kos Staff

Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 at 7:09:27am PST

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (C) speaks with reporters prior to the start of the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is expected to be a member of Donald Trump’s cabinet—maybe secretary of state—but over the summer he said he wanted to be “the senior planner for the entire government.” Having Gingrich in any senior role in government is scary for many reasons, among them something else he said over the summer:

"We originally created the House Un-American Activities Committee to go after Nazis," he said during an appearance on "Fox and Friends" this week. "We passed several laws in 1938 and 1939 to go after Nazis and we made it illegal to help the Nazis. We're going to presently have to go take the similar steps here."

Yes, seriously. Let’s bring back the House Un-American Activities Committee. To fight “Islamic supremacists,” under a president who has said he’d target all Muslims. Because everyone knows how HUAC was and remained all about fighting Nazis and is a part of history we should be super proud of. Gingrich might need to have a conversation with Superman about this:

This 60 year old poster should go up in schools today. pic.twitter.com/FtkxOi9HJS
— jared nieters (@jarednieters) November 11, 2016