Jon Kyl said "I think that every one of the people who smeared House Speaker Newt Gingrich not only owe him an apology--and it should be a very direct and specific apology--for the comments that the Senator from Georgia just read, but they owe an apology to the American people, because they, in smearing him, suggested that he was lying, that he was not telling the truth, that the allegations were unfounded, when, in fact, they either knew or should have known what was going on in the White House, why those clearances had not been granted. Therefore, it is they who were misleading the American public by suggesting that what he said was untrue. So I have been wondering for some time when we would receive an apology, and I think it is as important that the House Speaker receive an apology." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 29, 1996

I think that every one of the people who smeared House Speaker Newt Gingrich not only owe him an apology--and it should be a very direct and specific apology--for the comments that the Senator from Georgia just read, but they owe an apology to the American people, because they, in smearing him, suggested that he was lying, that he was not telling the truth, that the allegations were unfounded, when, in fact, they either knew or should have known what was going on in the White House, why those clearances had not been granted. Therefore, it is they who were misleading the American public by suggesting that what he said was untrue. So I have been wondering for some time when we would receive an apology, and I think it is as important that the House Speaker receive an apology.

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Jon Kyl

Republican · Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing allegations against House Speaker Newt Gingrich and calling for apologies from those who smeared him.

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