On CBS’ “The Early Show” this morning, Newt Gingrich was asked about comments he has made about Mitt Romney. Transcript below:
Norah O’Donnell, CBS: “You scolded Mitt Romney, his friends who are running this Super PAC that has funded that, and you said of Mitt Romney, ‘Someone who will lie to you to get to be president will lie to you when they are president. I have to ask you, are you calling Mitt Romney a liar?”
Newt Gingrich: “Yes.”
O’Donnell: “You’re calling Mitt Romney a liar?”
Gingrich: “Well, you seem shocked by it! Yes. I mean, why – “
O’Donnell: “Why are you saying he is a liar?”
Gingrich: “Because this is a man whose staff created the PAC, his millionaire friends fund the PAC, he pretends he has nothing to do with the PAC – it’s baloney. He’s not telling the American people the truth. . .”
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Becky Burkett – Vice President & Chief Development Officer of ASWF
Burkett was a prolific fundraiser for American Solutions For Winning the Future, which raised $54 million between its formation in October 2006 and its collapse shortly after Gingrich declared his presidential campaign.
Super PACs, also known as independent expenditure-only committees, may raise and spend unlimited money to support or oppose political candidates so long as they do not directly coordinate with candidate campaigns.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70362.html#ixzz1iRmhMM2I
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