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Newt Gingrich: Newt Gingrich said we were going to have to put kids in orphanages.

On the recordMay 18, 2015
Newt Gingrich said we were going to have to put kids in orphanages.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Gingrich's statement highlighted a controversial approach to child welfare in the 1990s.

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