Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich is a prominent Republican politician from Georgia, best known for serving as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He played a significant role in the Republican Revolution of the 1990s, leading the party to a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. Gingrich is recognized for his advocacy of conservative policies, including tax reform and welfare reform, and he was a key architect of the 'Contract with America,' which outlined a legislative agenda for the GOP in the 1994 midterm elections.
for us to be getting lectured about a work ethic from Newt Gingrich is a little over the top.
Well, first of all, Juan, the fact is that more people have been put on Food Stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history.
Ask yourself a simple question. Why would you want to nominate the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama? OK? I mean it's just -- you know. OK?
I'm saying that he misstated the facts. I'll let you use the language you want to. But he's clearly misstated the facts.
I'm saying that he misstated the facts. The Washington Post gave him three Pinocchios for his claim.
Yes, of course he -- of course he did. You know he did. Now the question is, so --
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…
This is going to be Armageddon. I mean, they will come in here with everything they have got, every surrogate, every ad, every negative attack. At the same time, we're going to be basically drawing a sharp contrast between a Georgia-Reagan…
I think there's a huge gap between where Mitt Romney is and where I am and I think that's what we hope to communicate clearly in South Carolina.





