Eva Longoria Fires Off At Newt Gingrich On Twitter

Eva Longoria has turned to Twitter to criticize GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's controversial proposal to use children as janitors, writing: "@newtgingrich you clearly know little about the Latina community, Latina entrepreneurs who start businesses at 6 times the national average." The Hill reported.

Last Thursday, Gingrich defended his controversial plan to have school children from poor neighborhoods serve as janitors.

"Really poor children, in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works so they have no habit of showing up on Monday," Gingrich claimed.

"They have no habit of staying all day, they have no habit of I do this and you give me cash unless it is illegal," he added.

Latino children have one of the highest poverty rates in the country, according to statistics from the National Poverty Center. Thirty-five percent of Latino children live in poverty, compared to the 38 percent of African-American children and 12 percent of white children, according to The Hill.

@EvaLongoria
Eva Longoria

@newtgingrich you clearly know little about the Latina community, Latina entrepreneurs who start businesses at 6 ti... http://t.co/2pxM91ry

December 3, 2011 6:13 pm via WhoSay Reply Retweet Favorite

Longoria, an outspoken Obama supporter who turned her Twitter fury in Gingrich on Saturday, also tweeted a link to The New York Times' Charles M. Blow Op-Ed column, "Newt's War on Poor Children.

@EvaLongoria
Eva Longoria

Must READ http://t.co/8f4yUNEW http://t.co/i7z3p1EL

December 3, 2011 6:15 pm via WhoSay Reply Retweet Favorite

Blow argued that the former speaker's statement not only was "cruel and broadly speaking, incorrect, it’s mind-numbingly tone-deaf at a time when poverty is rising in this country. He comes across as a callous Dickensian character in his attitude toward America's most vulnerable -- our poor children. This is the kind of statement that shines light on the soul of a man and shows how dark it is."

Blow also tweeted his thoughts on Gingrich:

@CharlesMBlow
Charles M. Blow

If you're poor, Newt wants you to send your kids to school with books and broom so that they can learn their place in life...

December 3, 2011 6:04 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite

@CharlesMBlow
Charles M. Blow

If Newt *actually* cared he might've said: "Let's create condition for EVERY CHILD to have a working role model and is not lured into crime"

December 3, 2011 2:19 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite

Earlier today, Gingrich did not appear to back away from his comments, tweeting that he had been recently "talking about the importance of learning the work ethic early in life. What was your first job? #firstjob"

@newtgingrich
Newt Gingrich

Recently I've been talking about the importance of learning the work ethic early in life. What was your first job? #firstjob

December 6, 2011 5:08 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite

Longoria seemed to want to demonstrate not only her patriotism but also her "work ethic" when she tweeted yesterday:

@EvaLongoria
Eva Longoria

Happy Monday everyone! Guess where I am....JURY DUTY! Doing my service as an American citizen! #loveAmerica

December 5, 2011 4:38 pm via WhoSay Reply Retweet Favorite

Is this Twitter battle escalating?

Comments

[CateManhattan]

02:40 PM on 01/20/2012

Go, Eva, go!!! Can I fan her?

How can any person who has any humanity vote for any of these greedy GOPy politicians? Obama 2012!!

[ChicanoEd]

01:27 PM on 12/12/2011

F Eva Longoria!!!

[Michael Trotter]

05:27 PM on 12/11/2011

I am not surprised by any of this as I was to find out that Vicki Carr had hid it for so long! And thus within the last 5 years to have her come out, after all these years! I lost some respect for her because she chose to hide it, all these many years!......smh!!! To me she did a disservice to herself and her community by not being a beacon for other young latina's, coming up!

[kidcat24]

03:40 PM on 12/11/2011

A hate filled republican commenting on her page.

[RMANN]

03:38 PM on 01/19/2012

The only people that republicans hate are those trying to destroy the U.S. In other words, liberals.

[CateManhattan]

02:46 PM on 01/20/2012

Baby Bush was a Liberal??!!! That's rich.

Your unbudgeted war against a country that never harmed us is what tanked the United States. You Bush-Cheney lovers are responsible for the deaths of nearly half a million Iraqis and thousands of our military. And your GOP banksters tanked our economy and wrote impossible mortgage conditions. Yet you keep trying to strut your stuff. You have no shame.

[Nosyhuman]

02:39 PM on 12/11/2011

If the children replaced unionized Janitors will they also be responsible for maintenance on those large heaters and air conditioners which require train skill?

I'm actually very happy Newt is continuing to take on controversal issues; if he's lucky enough to win the nomination Obama will savage him.

OBAMA 2012

[RMANN]

03:43 PM on 01/19/2012

Can you please tell me where (other than in you're warped liberal mind) does Newt say anyting about "replacing unionized janitors." As I kid, I swept and mopped a bank three days a week. I didn't replace the janitor. He waxed the floors with the buffing machine, kept the boiler working, washed the windows, painted, cleared the snow from the sidewalks, etc, etc.

[CateManhattan]

02:37 PM on 01/20/2012

Gingrich clearly said the salary of one of our janitors could be split for many children.

So your plan is even worse: have children maintain our massive complex school buildings, and keep the extant janitors here with no pay.

Whatta GOPy plan!!

[Mamadea]

02:07 AM on 12/11/2011

We Love You Eva!

[y-abebe]

01:38 AM on 12/10/2011

he is just a rich bum.

[y-abebe]

01:32 AM on 12/10/2011

gingrich and people like trump mayor koch in the past use to call them rich bums.

[luvobama]

05:26 PM on 12/09/2011

Ohhhh.  Smart and pretty.  Lucky gal!!

[Consequence]

03:09 PM on 12/09/2011

Oh for cute!

Eva seems to think her opinion actually counts more than someone else's.

Shhhhhh....let's leave her to her dillusions, shall we?

[beowulf42]

04:29 PM on 12/10/2011

She at least spoke up. Good for her. Seems to me it's better than the negative crap that comes out of your keyboard.

[Saje3d]

01:34 AM on 12/11/2011

Dillusion? Is that a pickle proposition, or just a reference to Phillis Diller?

[Old Grady]

12:03 PM on 12/09/2011

Eva will now run for public office.
In California.
She'll win easily there.

[ChicanoEd]

12:46 PM on 12/12/2011

MOJOs cant vote!!!

[lelasop]

11:43 AM on 12/09/2011

Newt G. is an ignorant, greedy loud-mouthed idiot. Poor children cleaning the schools; I'm offended. My job as a Controller for a high provile company did not happen because I sweeped floors; I got it because of my education. If any Latino votes for him; SHAME on them.

[RMANN]

03:46 PM on 01/19/2012

"Poor children cleaning the schools; I'm offended."

You're offended because you're a MORE ONNN! There is nothing wrong with any kid sweeping floors, or doing any kind of honest work to make money.

[Milash]

11:34 AM on 12/09/2011

That fact that Newt is even still in the running is mindblowing. This man is a hypocrite, a liar, and a cheater.

[ChicanoEd]

12:33 PM on 12/10/2011

So is Eva,Lets not forget that.

[Saje3d]

01:35 AM on 12/11/2011

There's plenty of evidence against the newt. Where's the evidence against Eva?

[Jessica Moe]

10:43 AM on 12/09/2011

oh for the luva...this is the best the GOPs have?

[handsomeinnc]

10:00 AM on 12/09/2011

Newt has replaced Herm "If you can't get a job, it is your fault".
But they all blame Obama for Rick Perry son, who got "laid off"