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Newt Gingrich: Could we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you weren't serving in…

On the recordOctober 1, 2012
Could we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you weren't serving in the Senate with Rick Santorum.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich criticizes Romney for his previous electoral failures and challenges him to be honest with the American people.

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