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Washington Do you think youre paid to be a professional provocateur?
That was former House Speaker Newt Gingrichs response to a British journalist asking about the Trump Administrations decision to deliberately understate the size of his inauguration crowd.
Do you think they lied more than Barack Obama? the former Georgia lawmaker asked the reporter.
When pressed on whether it was, as Trump said, the largest inauguration crowd ever, Gingrich added:
It was pretty clear it was a substantially larger crowd than the elite media in the United States wanted to concede, he said.
He was then asked whether using his first full day as president to make inaccurate statements. Gingrich claimed a new double standard.
Barack Obama routinely said things that were false. The entire Benghazi narrative was false, he said, adding: I didnt hear anyone in the media suddenly say, Oh my gosh, what a terrible thing that Barack Obama lies to us.'
Gingrich was one of Trumps most vocal surrogates during the GOP primary, and emerged as a contender for Secretary of State in November before pulling himself out of the running. He has no formal role with the Trump White House, although he has pressed the president to make him a senior planner who will target wasteful spending.
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/01/22/gingrich-unloads-at-journalist-questioning-trump-inaccuracies/
C_U_L8R
(45,038 posts)You may need a pair for that load of yours.
What a stink.
Wounded Bear
(58,778 posts)Squinch
(51,087 posts)mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)Squinch
(51,087 posts)So why would the reporter bother?
Hekate
(91,013 posts)....that he has been working for this day for 30 years, and with the installation of Trump he must think all his dreams have come true.
Newt has never actually gone away, and now he's back in triumph.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,985 posts)(and who lied to the ethics panel in an effort to get them to dismiss the complaint) needs to STFU about defending Trump's lies.
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,988 posts)And resigned his seat without completing his Congressional term after the backlash of the 1998 election.
Initech
(100,145 posts)JHB
(37,166 posts)...That's MY job, kiddo. I've been throwing verbal bombs, twisting some facts and making up others, and have basically been wrecking American political discourse since the 1980's. You are but the learner. I am the master."
NEwts MO is and has always been to say anything, anything, that will advance whatever agenda he's pushing.