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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.

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Jul 29, 2012

I think all they asked for was an investigation. Who's offering this advice to Secretary Clinton? I think it's totally legitimate to ask that question.

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May 30, 2012

If we were at 4.7 percent unemployment right now, 5.5 million Americans would be at work, who, under Obama's policies, are currently unemployed.

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May 30, 2012

When you look at the nation, and you look at what's at stake, there's an enormous difference between where Governor Romney would take us and where the president is taking us.

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May 30, 2012

I think we can win this election so handily by sticking to the facts. And, again, the case against Obama is so decisive, particularly on the economy, on the price of gasoline, on the size of the deficits, that I think we don't have to…

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May 30, 2012

I think it's very important to recognize how many of Obama's so-called investments in the last three years are now either going broke, on the edge of going broke, losing money.

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May 30, 2012

If Obama wants to get into a debate about investments and the choices between private sector investment and bureaucratic investment, Solyndra is almost a case study in why you don't want bureaucrats investing your tax money, because they…

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May 29, 2012

Governor Romney is not distracted. The Republican Party is not distracted. We believe that this is an American-born job-killing president. Other people may believe that he was born somewhere else and still kills jobs but that's an argument…

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May 21, 2012

Loot companies, leave behind broken families, broken towns. People on unemployment.

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May 1, 2012

Newt Gingrich officially ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination today.

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Apr 23, 2012

He has presided over the highest gasoline prices of any president in American history.

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Apr 23, 2012

He has created the worst economic recovery since the great depression.

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Apr 23, 2012

this is the most important election of our lifetime. I think if you had a doubt about that, it should have been dispelled by President Obama's performance today at Chapel Hill.

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Apr 23, 2012

Speaker Gingrich says he will reassess largely based on the results in Delaware.

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Apr 8, 2012

You have to be realistic. Given the size of the organization, given the number of primaries he's won, he is far and away the most likely Republican nominee. If he does get to 1,144 delegates, I will support him. I will do everything I can…

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Mar 26, 2012

A spokesman said late tonight that Gingrich is laying off about one-third of his campaign staff and cutting back on his schedule.

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Mar 22, 2012

Zimmerman was clearly overreaching in his neighborhood watch duties.

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Mar 21, 2012

Today, the president announced he was going to open a path of the Keystone pipeline. That's right. This is a pipeline to nowhere. That's a good one. So Obama is matching with a pipeline to nowhere.

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Mar 21, 2012

Today the president announced he was going to open a path of the Keystone Pipeline. That's right. This is a Pipeline to Nowhere, that's a good one. So Obama is matching Santorum's Bridge to Nowhere with a Pipeline to Nowhere.

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Mar 20, 2012

You have to stand for something positive and you have to stand -- pardon me, let me borrow this for a second. You have to stand for something that lasts longer than this.

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Mar 20, 2012

You have to stand for something positive. And you have to stand -- pardon me, let me borrow this from you for a second -- you have to stand for something that lasts longer than this.

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Mar 19, 2012

Phase one has to be stopping Romney because the fact is, if he gets 1,144 votes, he's the nominee, fair and square. It's over.

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Mar 15, 2012

I'm happy to say the Gingrich plan moves you towards $2.50 or less. The Obama plans moves you towards $9 or $10 or more.

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Mar 15, 2012

I've develop add program for American energy. So no future president will ever bow to a Saudi King again, and so every American will look forward to $2.50 a gallon gasoline.

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Mar 15, 2012

I have develop add program for American energy. So no future president will ever bow to a Saudi King again, and so every American will look forward to $2.50 a gallon gasoline.

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