The association of Newt with Man Made Climate Change is mostly misinformation. Newt got on the discussion group to add the global warming critique from a conservative perspective. He was never on board with these envioron-weenie bed wetters.
Watch the damn commercial and write down his exact words. Then read them back aloud. "We must take action to address climate change." That is the Left Wing message that has been hammered into people's skulls for two decades. He went on TV and said it a million times to millions of people. He added a conservative voice to the enviro-whacko fraud. That makes him a fool, whatever his intent