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In reply to the discussion: Newt Gingrich: 'If you are a normal white American ... you don’t understand being black in America' [View all]Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)14. I am amazed he said this.
This cannot be a statement that the Trumpettes will like at all. Even those who are remotely near the mainstream won't like it. This is antithetical to everything the GOP has preached about for decades.
I am still trying to figure his angle. There are a brazillion statements he could make that would address the problems of race that would not be as heretical as this one. It is an astounding statement for Newt to make and truthfully it's one many have a hard time believing.
This is a cold hard truth he flung out there.
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Newt Gingrich: 'If you are a normal white American ... you don’t understand being black in America' [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2016
OP
As Colbert's character may have noted about your post, "It's funny 'cause it's true."
merrily
Jul 2016
#6
Newt's just there to give Trump some breathing room. He's there to run interference in the media.
LuvLoogie
Jul 2016
#9
Has Newt Gingrich ever experienced any kind of discrimination based on who he is and cannot
merrily
Jul 2016
#19
Only other subject I've ever heard him make that much sense on, is space exploration.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2016
#21