Newt Gingrich suggests slain Iowa student could help GOP in midterms

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) reportedly said the death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts could be politically advantageous to Republicans heading into the November midterm elections.

“If Mollie Tibbetts is a household name by October, Democrats will be in deep trouble,” he told Axios in an article published Wednesday. “If we can be blocked by Manafort-Cohen, etc., then GOP could lose [the House] badly.”