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Newt Gingrich: “I think it was too big and it collapses under its own weight.”

On the recordNovember 19, 2014
I think it was too big and it collapses under its own weight.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Gingrich expresses skepticism about passing a single comprehensive immigration bill.

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