Newt Gingrich

By Donovan X. Ramsey J.C. Watts, once perhaps the most famous black Republican in the country, has returned to politics in a surprising role: one of the most prominent supporters of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. SEE ALSO: Obama Defends Drone Strikes The former football star and Oklahoma representative, who retired from Congress in 2002, […]

TAMPA, Fla.  — Florida’s time has come. The state hosts its pivotal primary Tuesday as Mitt Romney seeks to tighten his grip on the Republican presidential nomination. SEE ALSO: Is It The End For Newt? Newt Gingrich reset the race by scoring an overwhelming victory in South Carolina. But in the 10 days since, the […]

On Monday, Newt Gingrich told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are “essentially the same person,” when it comes to health care, according to Politico. SEE ALSO: Romney: Newt Is In Serious Trouble Labeling Romney a liberal and pro-abortion candidate, Gingrich said: George Soros in Europe yesterday said publicly, that […]

Speculation has run rampant for months and now it’s official. Former GOP presidential candidate, Herman Cain, has endorsed Newt Gingrich as the next president of the United States,  reports MSNBC.com SEE ALSO: Romney Fights Back Saturday night In West Palm Beach, Florida, the former Godfather Pizza magnate made it clear that he was 100 percent […]

In 2007, Former House speaker and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich  described bilingual education as teaching “the language of living in a ghetto,” and he mocked requirements that ballots be printed in multiple languages. “The government should quit mandating that various documents be printed in any one of 700 languages depending on who randomly […]

By Joy-Ann Reid Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and now front-running Republican presidential candidate, has made calling Barack Obama the “food stamp president” his calling card. But Republicans, Gingrich included, have had a strong hand in the expansion of food stamp use. SEE ALSO: Roots, Then And Now Gingrich claims (falsely, it turns out) […]

Newt Gingrich was wrong (if what Marrianne Gingrich said is true) for asking his former wife for an open marriage and anyone else would be out of their eva-lastin’ minds for evening considering it, writes Ebony.com’s relationship expert Sil Lai Abrams. SEE ALSO: The 35-Year Anniversary Of Roots Abrams, a former runway model, says that […]

Newt Gingrich’s wife, Marianne may come back to haunt him. Not because he allegedly asked her for an open marriage, but because she was investigated by the FBI for trying to get a $10 million bribe for having Newt help an arms dealer nicknamed “The Merchant Of Death.” Marianne Gingrich, who Newt Gingrich called “my […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms Monday night in a crackling campaign debate, the former Massachusetts governor tagging his rival as a Washington “influence peddler,” only to be accused in turn of spreading falsehoods over many years in politics. SEE ALSO: Paterno’s Death […]

Sending a clear message to the world that there is dissent within the Republican ranks, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie shared some harsh feelings  — that I actually agree with — about Newt Gingrich and his campaign for the presidency, according to the NY Daily News. SEE ALSO: States Are Slow To Embrace Obamacare Despite […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A suddenly scrambled Republican presidential contest now shifts to Florida, a day after Newt Gingrich stopped Mitt Romney’s sprint to the GOP nomination by scoring a convincing victory in South Carolina. SEE ALSO: Homeless Man Accused Of Skinning, Eating Cat The air of inevitability that surrounded Romney’s candidacy just days ago […]

FactCheck.org has looked into Newt Gingrich’s claim that Barack Obama had put more people on Food Stamps than any President in American history and has found that it was false. More people we put on the EBT debit card program that replaced Food Stamps under George W. Bush than Obama. Gingrich also failed to take […]