Taken on 4/15/1994; House Minority Whip Gingrich with congressional candidate Dr Brenda Fitzgerald (GA) throwing mock tea crates into the Chattahoochee Riv. Taken on 4/15/1994; House Minority Whip Gingrich with congressional candidate Dr Brenda Fitzgerald (GA) throwing mock tea crates into the Chattahoochee Riv.Fairly recently the DNC put out an ad that’s on You Tube titled “Newt Gingrich the Original Tea Partier” their attack ad shows how far out of touch they are, it did show that Newt has supported Conservative and Tea Party principles for years before the modern day Tea Party. To Conservatives the ad comes off as very pro Gingrich.