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Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News:

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 5, 2022

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 23, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:

In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."

By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2017

Newt Gingrich
stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends':

Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."

By Joshua Gillin • June 28, 2017

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 21, 2017 in an episode of "Fox and Friends":

Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."

By Lauren Carroll • May 23, 2017

Newt Gingrich
stated on December 2, 2016 in a radio interview.:

"We adopted the modern Social Security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get Social Security."

By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on November 6, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge."

By Lauren Carroll, Tyler Adkisson • November 6, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on October 25, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly:

In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty."

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 19, 2016 in in a Facebook post and video:

Hillary Clinton said, "with a straight face, that the terrorist attacks this weekend were caused by Donald J. Trump"

By Jim Tharpe • September 23, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

Says "Hillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde • July 21, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 27, 2016 in a post on Twitter:

"No one in American history has moved from a June 16 announcement to a May 26 winning of a majority. Trump's achievement is remarkable."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."

By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg."

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 30, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on April 26, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."

By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2015 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":

Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.

By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.

By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014

Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Every major city which has a center of poverty is run by Democrats. Every major city."

By Julie Kliegman • December 15, 2013

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 30, 2013 in a comment on CNN's "Crossfire":

Shutdowns are "a normal part of the constitutional process," with 12 shutdowns under Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill and two during his own speakership.

By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2013

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 24, 2013 in on CNN's "Crossfire":

"(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it."

By Julie Kliegman • September 26, 2013

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 18, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":

Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2013

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