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Newt Gingrich: “That's not an issue about the whole capitalist system. That is a question about a very particular style of activity…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2012
That's not an issue about the whole capitalist system. That is a question about a very particular style of activity involving a very -- remember, we're not talking about the system. We're talking about somebody who is running for president of the United States and we're asking a question about his judgment, his values, the choices he made.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich defends his criticisms of Romney's business practices, framing them as questions of judgment and values.

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