--- title: Donald Trump Is Weighing Newt Gingrich for Vice President description: Donald Trump is considering former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as one possible option for his running mate in November canonical: https://time.com/4328193/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-12T17:59:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:30:44.887Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Is Weighing Newt Gingrich for Vice President og:description: Gingrich has praised Trump in the past og:url: https://time.com/4328193/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb03db8501118b9d8/698892f6e20a876506a90ced/gettyimages-471153406.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 101st Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner - Inside Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Is Weighing Newt Gingrich for Vice President twitter:description: Gingrich has praised Trump in the past twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb03db8501118b9d8/698892f6e20a876506a90ced/gettyimages-471153406.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Is Weighing Newt Gingrich for Vice President by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 12, 2016 5:59 PM UTC  Newt Gingrich attends the 101st Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. Newt Gingrich attends the 101st Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2015 in Washington, DC.Michael Loccisano—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 12, 2016 5:59 PM UTC Donald Trump is considering former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as one possible option for his running mate in November, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Trump, the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, has been discussing Gingrich with his confidants as a potential ticket mate, a source familiar with the talks said, making the former House speaker one of the handful of options the likely Republican standard-bearer is considering for the fall. Gingrich has praised Trump in the past, telling TIME he has “the potential to be an extraordinarily dynamic president who shakes up a bureaucratic city that badly needs to be shaken up.” Trump has said that he is seeking a running mate with knowledge of passing legislation through Congress. Gingrich launched a bid for the 2012 Republican nomination and has considerable credibility with the conservative base of his party. _With reporting from Zeke J. 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