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Gingrich: Calling an AR-15 an assault weapon is ‘lovely propaganda’
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that AR-15 military-style rifles should not be banned and that it is just “lovely propaganda” to call them “assault weapons.” Following the introduction on Thursday of Sen. Diane Feinstein’s (D-CA) bill to ban assault weapons, CNN host Piers Morgan reminded Gingrich that Aurora…
Gingrich: Obama bullying Republicans by refusing to cave on debt ceiling
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that House Republicans can’t win a fight to cut spending by holding the debt ceiling hostage because President Barack Obama is “going out of his way to bully” them. “In the end it’s a threat they can’t sustain,” Gingrich told CBS on Tuesday.…
Former Navy chaplain: Gingrich ‘worthy of death’ for supporting marriage equality: UPDATED
A disgraced former Navy chaplain says that former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently embraced marriage equality for LGBT people because he has been influenced by “demonic voices” and is now “worthy of death” just like all homosexuals. In an interview with The Huffington Post following President Barack Obama’s re-election,…
Gingrich blames ‘anti-religious, secular bureaucracy’ and video games for school shootings
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich revisited some old arguments on Wednesday when he blamed the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook shooting on the separation of church and state and the proliferation of violent video games during a radio interview. According to Think Progress, the former House Speaker told radio host…
O’Donnell tells Gingrich: Apologize for being ‘completely wrong’ about Clinton tax rates
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday found himself in the awkward position of being confronted by MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, who demanded an apology because the former House Speaker had been “completely wrong” when he said that tax hikes in 1993 would lead to a downturn in the…
Welfare reformer Newt Gingrich says Romney should have promised more ‘gifts’ than Obama
Speaking to Texas journalist Evan Smith this week, former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) exclaimed that if the 2012 presidential election was decided on “gifts” to women and minorities, as Mitt Romney claimed, then Romney should have gotten together with his billionaire supporters and simply “outbid” President Barack Obama. Of…
Gingrich: Romney will win ‘over 300 electoral votes’
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich predicts that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney will receive “more than 300 electoral votes” to defeat President Barack Obama on Nov. 6. Speaking to Fox News host Greta Van Susteren on Thursday, the former House Speaker offered to “end the anxiety” for Fox News viewers.…
Gingrich: Obama has ‘psychological need’ to ignore ‘Islamic extremism’
Former Speaker of the House and erstwhile presidential candidate Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) accused President Barack Obama of having “almost a psychological need” to ignore “the realities of Islamic extremism.” In an appearance on “The Sean Hannity Show,” Gingrich made the case that Obama is failing to rise to the…
Newt Gingrich at the RNC: The wealthy are more ‘noble’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) might not have the role he initially wanted at the Republican National Convention — that of nominee — but he’s nonetheless using his time wisely. With the help of the RNC, he’s launching Newt U, an apparently ongoing effort in partnership with the Washington…
Gingrich changes tune, sings praises for Paul Ryan’s budget
Newt Gingrich, who last May assailed Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget plan as “right-wing social engineering,” offered a much rosier assessment of Ryan on Sunday’s Face the Nation now that the Wisconsin Republican has been named as Mitt Romney’s running mate. Gingrich praised the Ryan budget and took issue with…
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