Iowa Caucus Results 2012: Newt Gingrich Says Voters Repudiated Mitt Romney (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he thinks the real story out of Iowa is that three-fourths of the state Republican caucus-goers "repudiated Mitt Romney."

The former congressman says "we got diverted" by negative advertisements, saying he has to figure out a better way to run in such an environment.

Gingrich says Romney hasn't been truthful about his record and he again raises complaints about negative ads an independent group ran against him.

Interviewed on MSNBC Wednesday morning from New Hampshire, Gingrich congratulated former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on his near-miss loss to Romney in Iowa. Gingrich said, "I think what is really striking about last night is that three out of four Republicans repudiated Mitt Romney. How can you take seriously somebody after that kind of campaign."

Gingrich dismissed that Citizens United, the conservative group that was the plantiff in the 2010 Supreme Court case that changed the campaign finance landscape, was responsible for the negative ads against him. "I'm not the victim of that. I'm the victim of one particular person, Mitt Romney, whose staff went out and decided to run a deliberately negative and dishonest campaign," he said, adding that 527 groups -- one well-known example being Swiftboat Veterans For Truth that attacked Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004 -- already existed.

Gingrich collaborated with Citizens United on several projects. The conservative group, in turn, aired ads promoting a documentary on Ronald Reagan featuring Gingrich.

Comments

[94613]

11:53 PM on 01/04/2012

Wife #3, I see this Book Tour head'n back to the Greek Islands. Win-Place-Show=No=Santorni is the calculus.

[Westof405]

04:45 PM on 01/04/2012

For a so-called "historian" Newt is doing a good job of ignoring history. The Iowa Caucuses are not a good indicator of who the nominee will eventually be. Just ask Huckabee. McCain got 13% in 2008, meaning 87% of the caucus voters rejected him, while Huckabee got 34%. Reagan was second in 1980 (30%) meaning 70% rejected him and he won. Ginrich's analysis is woefully flawed. So much for the college professor's powers of observation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses

[pab08]

04:16 PM on 01/04/2012

Newt should be more concerned with the 87% of the voters who rejected him.

[VJ2008]

04:04 PM on 01/04/2012

It is quite nice to see Mr. Gingrich get a taste of his own medicine.

[tacevad]

03:59 PM on 01/04/2012

whose staff went out and decided to run a deliberately negative and dishonest campaign,??? deliberately negative? yes dishonest? no!

[UtahLady]

03:05 PM on 01/04/2012

Gingrich is whining because a series of advertisements told the truth about him? How sad . . .

[BMS]

07:59 PM on 01/04/2012

Well he is the same guy who said "Anyone who quotes me verbatim is lying about what I say" - he has his own definitions of "truth" and "lie" and both definitions are quite malleable.

[ross nichols]

02:50 PM on 01/04/2012

Hypocritical,fat,repulsive,gross,other that,Gingrich is good.Dont forget egotistical-psuedo -intellectual.

[rmrgdr]

02:29 PM on 01/04/2012

Is it true that Newt wants Iowa Republicans arrested for choosing outside the mainstream and brought to his office to explain?
Newt, nobody cares. Go back to being a footnote.

[RCnDC]

02:23 PM on 01/04/2012

LOL... So according to the Gingrich, Romney was repudiated by 75% of Iowans.... Uh, but newt's 85% repudiation tells him they love him more... LOL LOL.. SNL couldn't even make this stuff up... WOW....

[ttsgw]

02:19 PM on 01/04/2012

I do hope we don't have to hear from this psychopath anymore, and that his family make sure he is put at an asylum before he becomes really dangerous for himself and his surrounding.

[The Mask]

02:11 PM on 01/04/2012

NGingrich thinks he's "tops" because he can "spin" anything.

The guy who won was repudiated because in a 9 person race he only got a portion of the vote? Really?

[ross nichols]

02:51 PM on 01/04/2012

I thought it was- REFUDIATE-????

[UtahLady]

03:06 PM on 01/04/2012

No -- that's a "Sarah" word.

[Ron Dernick]

02:09 PM on 01/04/2012

This guy changes colors in order to survive..he is a good example of evolution..in the political sense-he's a dolt..a fool and clown just like the others in the field..

[tacevad]

04:00 PM on 01/04/2012

a jester

[Front Page]

02:09 PM on 01/04/2012

Well, Newton, look at the bright side, now you know that only a small percentage of Iowa folks want YOU. HEEEEEY, why don't you stay in Iowa? It's a nice place to write books.

[SamKnause]

02:04 PM on 01/04/2012

Cry, cry, cry.

No body wants you.

You are a corrupt and clueless.

You were kicked out as Speaker of the House.

You are an adulterer.

You took money from Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac.

You can not run on the Families Value Ticket, you have no values.

P.S. I can't wait for the Super Pacs to tear down Santorum. He was named as one of the most corrupt politicians in the U.S.

[Watermelonman]

01:54 PM on 01/04/2012

The salamander knows that he ain't gonna win the GOTP nomination so he's staying in the game to simply be a pebble in Mittens' shoes. He is seeking revenge and so we shall get to see the real Newt in weeks to come.