Posted on 07/08/2016 9:53:41 AM PDT by Cecily
Never let it be said that Newt Gingrich is predictable.
As the political world waits to see if the former Georgia congressman and U.S. House speaker gets tapped to be Donald Trump’s running mate, Gingrich teamed up with his former Crossfire partner Van Jones to discuss this week’s shootings in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Minnesota.
Speaking on Facebook Live, Gingrich was his typically direct self. But, in this age of polarized politics, whether it be of the electoral or racial variety, Gingrich’s comments were also remarkable. Here is the key quote:
“It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years to get a sense of this. If you are a normal, white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America and you instinctively under-estimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk.”
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Good God, please Mr. Trump do not pick this douchebag
Newt. Open mouth, insert foot. Repeat.
What is there to understand?
This guy.
Newt: Barky had every opportunity to help the Black Community, since he ‘claims’ he is half of them...the other half is ‘Muslim’...he turned his back on them...he has set back 50 years of what Martin Luther King did to bring the Black Community back to be part of American Life...
This is not America’s fault, this is BARKY’S fault!!! Pure, simple and spot on BARKY’S FAULT!!!
I don't understand why anyone would engage in self-destructive behavior for their entire lives, and then wonder why everyone else treats them with suspicion.
stop reading headlines and out of context sound bites, WATCH the entire video.
Trump is trying HARD to reach out to the black community, this may be part of that effort.
Off the short list of Veep.. and then some.
My best man was and is a black man. My roomies in the Marines were black and brown and yellow.
you wanna know poor, Newt, go to Manila.
blacks today have so many opportunities afforded them, its too bad social media is devouring them before they realize the world is what you make it, not a bus stop with graffiti and smashed glass that you shoot at when you drive by.,, like the media.
Oh, and Newt, if you wanna sing Kumbaya with the Dems and BLM, go ahead, embrace all your old cohorts in crime&CONgre$$ who could have done things years ago that affected everyone positively instead of fattening their own larders and arses and donors.
We get that it sucks to be black in America, Newt. That still doesn’t give them the right to rape, murder and loot.
Newt - please stop the social justice cliches.
“Go away, Newt. Please, please just go away. “
Indeed! IF Trump picks this guy for VP, I’m done with it all! They don’t get anymore insider than Newt...or open border BS. Newt is a democrat in disguise. Trump simply cannot be that dumb.
FU Newt. Your pandering to violent racist bigots will not help anyone - they don’t care about being black, you fool. They are Stalin’s useful idiots, too stupid to realize that the “revolution” they want so bad can only end in their own deaths. Their leaders are collectivist totalitarians, they are morons, and you are an enabler - and a fool.
Lots of people here suffer from Newt amnesia,he is constantly saying something stupid
Newt’s closest friends are black Republicans. They supported a big percentage of his 2012 campaign and a big part in his debate preparation.
If being black in America is different than being American in America, guess who should change and adapt?
A person is either “a part” of society or “apart” from society.
“It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years to get a sense of this. If you are a normal, white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America and you instinctively under-estimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk.”
There he goes again.
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