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Newt Gingrich: Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you -- this idea that…

On the recordOctober 1, 2012
Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you -- this idea that suddenly citizenship showed up in your mind, just level with the American people. You've been running for at least since the 1990s.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Newt Gingrich critiques Mitt Romney's authenticity regarding his political history.

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