Fox's Newt Gingrich: “Abraham Lincoln was attacked with about the same savagery, and the same viciousness as Donald Trump”

From the January 17 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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SEAN HANNITY (HOST): No president has ever had to undergo this garbage. It's funny, but it's -- there's really a sick side to this.



NEWT GINGRICH: Well, let me say first of all, as a historian, that while he didn't do it in the press room, Abraham Lincoln was attacked with about the same savagery, and the same viciousness as Donald Trump.

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