Newt, y’all.

Newt Gingrich stepped up to defend Donald Trump, mainly because if Trump isn’t elected, Newt still won’t have a job.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday defended Donald Trump’s remarks about a former Miss Universe’s weight gain, blaming the woman for gaining the weight.

“You’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you’re Miss Universe,” Gingrich told a Log Cabin Republicans event in Washington, according to the Daily Mail.

I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but I think it’s not her fault that Donald Trump behaved like a jerk and called her names.  That’s on him, Newt.

And then to offer proof that irrational paranoia is contagious, Newt continued …

Gingrich also said Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the media were working together to lay “the Machado trap,” which he said was “a trap that was set up for three or four months.”

“News media were lined up to run articles the second Hillary said something,” he said, according to the Daily Mail.

“The media” is not one big giant breathing organism who all play well together and never, ever leak information.  I mean, in the real world, not just Newt’s head.

I’m no highly paid political professional like Kellyanne Conway, but I kinda think that the chubby guys need to shut the hell up about this.