Newt Gingrich Comprehensive list of Newt Gingrich positions

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Gingrich voted for Chrysler bailout and wage controls (1979)

Newt voted for a Federal Bailout of Chrysler and a 3-year wage freeze on employees.

GovTrack: House Vote #659 (Dec 18, 1979)

 

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Newt's "balanced budgets" drove the National Debt up $1 Trillion

MYTH: “Newt balanced the budget.”
FACT: The National Debt went up nearly $1 Trillion while he was Speaker.

Gingrich was the House Speaker from January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1999.

The National Debt went up every year during that time.

The budget was not as balanced as he is constantly bragging about.


1994 - $4.692 Trillion
1995 - $4.973 Trillion
1996 - $5.224 Trillion
1997 - $5.413 Trillion
1998 - $5.526 Trillion
1999 - $5.656 Trillion

(Source: Treasury Direct.gov)

 

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Newt slams Reagan on the floor of Congress (1986)

 

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Before Palestinians were "invented", Newt was meeting with their leader (1993)

Newt took heat for calling the Palestinian people an "invented" race. But in 1993, Newt met with Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader.


Newt Gingrich's Literal Embrace Of Yasser Arafat

 

[Joe3113]

These should be pinned.

And we need one on Romney.

 

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Gingrich promises strict enforcement of anti-pornography laws

Santorum, Romney and Gingrich vow to enforce anti-porn laws

Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich have all told the group Morality in Media that they would enforce federal obscenity laws that prohibit the distribution of pornography.

Those laws, the anti-pornography group said, are being ignored by the current administration.

Gingrich also said he would appoint an Attorney General who would enforce federal obscenity laws.

Santorum and Gingrich previously signed a pledge by the conservative Christian group The Family Leader in which they vowed to protect women and children from “seduction into promiscuity and all forms of pornography.”

 

[W_BRANDON]

For a better view of Newt's twisted jurisprudence, I encourage people to read his paper titled, Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution. Complete disrespect for the Law.

 

[W_BRANDON]

MYTH: “Newt balanced the budget.”
FACT: The National Debt went up nearly $1 Trillion while he was Speaker.

Gingrich was the House Speaker from January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1999.

The National Debt went up every year during that time.

The budget was not as balanced as he is constantly bragging about.


1994 - $4.692 Trillion
1995 - $4.973 Trillion
1996 - $5.224 Trillion
1997 - $5.413 Trillion
1998 - $5.526 Trillion
1999 - $5.656 Trillion

(Source: Treasury Direct.gov)

Not to mention, he (and Clinton) defrauded the public by embezzling funds from the social security trust to further this illusion of a "balanced budget."

 

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Gingrich co-sponsored 418 bills with Nancy Pelosi in 12 years

While in Congress, Gingrich co-sponsored 418 bills with Pelosi

Gingrich co-sponsored 418 bills in Congress with Pelosi during the 12 years they served together in the House, according to the Library of Congress’s THOMAS database.

Gingrich was in Congress from 1979 to 1999. Pelosi has served since 1987.

As a matter of comparison, House Speaker John Boehner, who has served in Congress with Pelosi for more than 20 years, has only co-sponsored 104 bills with her.

Many of the bills Gingrich and Pelosi co-sponsored were hardly divisive: authorizing an award for Mother Teresa, giving a congressional gold medal to former President Gerald Ford and recognizing the 50th anniversary of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

But one piece of legislation could be problematic for Gingrich with conservatives: the Global Warming Prevention Act of 1989, which never made it out of committee.

 

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Newt Gingrich: Iran ‘Should Expect To Get Hit’ If I’m President

Gingrich: Iran ‘Should Expect To Get Hit’ If I’m President


"I would also point out that a Gingrich presidency would communicate publicly to the Iranians that if they continue to do what they’re doing, they should expect to get hit, and it will be their fault for having caused it."

-- Newt Gingrich

 

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Newt: Feds should subsidize state & local museums, arts, ballets (1995)

Yes, even Federal funding for the Atlanta ballet.

 

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I recently understood that besides the moon, Gingrich also happens to be "wild" about the zoo

 

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[TaftFan]

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[Christian Liberty]

I agree with the vast majority of this, but just want to point out that "Federalist" does have different definitions. It could be the oppose of an anti-federalist, or it could mean support for state's rights, which is sometimes referred to as "Federalism." I'm guessing its the former in Newt's case, but it isn't always.

 

[FrankRep]

The Real Newt Gingrich


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnwZ3CLPlnY

John F. McManus analyzes the voting record and actions of former Congressman Newt Gingrich, revealing that Gingrich is not the conservative he portrays himself to be.​

Newt Gingrich: The Establishment’s Conservative

An Honest Look at Newt Gingrich

Conservatives Against Newt Gingrich

 

[compromise]

I don't really see any reason to go after him when he's agreeing with us. If he's acting like Christie and attacking us, sure, but at the moment he doesn't seem to. There are some weird tendencies in this movement to attack people when they praise or defend Ron or Rand simply because people perceive them to be disingenuous, yet whenever a liberty politician has any praise for an "enemy of liberty" (like McConnell or Enzi), he receives a strong bashing from certain members and is accused of being a sellout.

What Gingrich did was actually very useful. I know a lot of Republican voters that like and respect Newt Gingrich and any praise that he gives Rand will help Rand in 2016.

Why go after Gingrich at this time, when you can go after Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, Tom Cotton, Peter King and the rest of the Rand haters?