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>> laura: don't mess with texas and don't d mess with nancy. by the way, as a catholic i am sick of you saying as a catholic, nancy. joining me is newt gingrich. former speaker of the house and fox news contributor. this was not the first time that nancy pelosi has leaned too hard into her religion as a way to mask her political agenda. watch. >> i have 5 children. i am catholic. thank to the nuns to trump the bishop. i can say that as a catholic. i am a devout practicing catholic. a mother of five children. when my baby was born, my fifth child, my oldest child was 6 years old. i think i know...

>> laura: don't mess with texas and don't mess with nancy. as a catholic i am sick of you saying as a catholic, nancy. joining me is newt gingrich. former speaker of the house and fox news contributor. this was not the first time that nancy pelosi has leaned too hard into her religion as a way to mask her political agenda. watch. >> i have 5 children. i am catholic. thank to the nuns to trump the bishop. i can say that as a catholic. i am a devout practicing catholic. a mother of five children. when my baby was born, my fifth child, my oldest child was 6 years old. i think i know about this su...

Whoa. yo, what's going on here? and so -- and i used to -- after i worked in the east side, you know, i spent a lot of time with folks going to the black church, reverend herring and others, because that's the place where i'm a practicing catholic, i'd go to mass, go over to church. that's a place where people would organize from. desegregate, you know, movie theaters, that kind of thing. i'm not making myself to be a great sheik but that's how i got involved. >> people would say when they hear this, wait, is joe biden black? he came from the black community. >> i understand that. politically ...

I'm so much older. but i remember in i think it was '62, '63, sitting at the university of delaware and watching bull connor take those hoses and hose down women in their sunday best, going to church. and it was like, whoa, yo, what's going on here? >> mm-hmm. >> and i used to -- after i worked in the east side, you know, i spent a lot of time with folks going to the black church, reverend herring and others, because that's the place where i'm a practicing catholic. i'd go to mass, and then i'd go over to the church, and that's the place people would organize from and desegregate, you know, mo...

Reverend herring and others, because that's the place where i'm a practicing catholic. i'd go to mass, and then i'd go over to the church, and that's the place people would organize from and desegregate, you know, movie theaters, that kind of thing. i'm not making myself to be a great shake, but that's how i got -- that's how i got involved. >> people when they hear that, they say, wait, is joe biden black? he came from the black community? >> i understand that. what i meant is politically i come from the black community. i really do. it's the reason why i ran in the first place. it's how i go...