Perhaps more than any other politician, Newt Gingrich introduced the rhetoric and tactics that have shaped Congress and the Republican Party for the past three decades. Instead of relying on innovative ideas or charisma, Gingrich orchestrated a campaign of attacks against political opponents, casting himself as a savior in a fight of good versus evil. From the Contract with America to the rise of the Tea Party and the Trump presidential campaign, Gingrich's fingerprints are everywhere in contemporary American politics, and as Julian Zelizer suggests, he created a new normal in Washington.