Former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has run afoul of the Twitterverse after labeling US embassies flying the pride flag as “un-American.”
In an interview with (where else) Fox News, Gingrich criticized the Biden Administration’s decision to reverse Trump-era edicts that barred embassies from flying the flag.
“Every idiotic thing that the Biden administration’s done in the first 100 days,” Gingrich ranted, “whether it’s threatening everybody who believes in the Second Amendment or if it’s attacking anybody who believes in right to life, or it is attacking people of traditional values who are appalled that this administration would fly the gay flag at American embassies all over the world … It’s almost like they have a checklist of ‘What can we do that will really, truly infuriate traditional Americans?'”
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“I couldn’t imagine any administration which had been this deliberately anti-American and this deliberately committed to infuriating the majority of the American people,” he added.
Never one to sit silent, Twitter raked Gingrich for his remarks, pointing out his longtime homophobia and opposition to queer rights, as well as his own hypocrisy in having married and divorced several times.
Gingrich had an affair with his third wife while married to his second. Does that fall under "traditional values"? https://t.co/pAXRm9dPEj
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) April 26, 2021
“Gingrich had an affair with his third wife while married to his second,” asked user John Haltiwanger. “Does that fall under ‘traditional values?'”
A reminder that republican elites still hate gay people https://t.co/NcwVbu8qhF
— Reconstructionist (@un_a_valeable) April 25, 2021
“A reminder that Republican elites still hate gay people,” tweeted the activist publication Reconstructionist.
Newt Gingrich really pulled out his 1996 playbook tonight. https://t.co/1lbZ5mdsLg
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) April 25, 2021
“Newt Gingrich really pulled out his 1996 playbook tonight,” noted MSNBC columnist Chris Geidner. In 1996, Gingrich staunchly opposed LGBTQ rights under the auspice of “traditional values.” He was later revealed to have been engaged in an extramarital affair at the time.
I can see why Newt Gingrich is against flying the Pride flag.
He has never done anything to be proud of.
— Renee Libby ?? (@ReneeAlida) April 25, 2021
“I can see why Newt Gingrich is against flying the pride flag. He has never done anything to be proud of,” quipped user Renee Libby.
Newt Gingrich has a long history of attacks on the LGBTQ community, including opposition to marriage equality. He’s been widely criticized for his role in pushing political polarization. In 1997, he became the first Speaker of the House in US history disciplined for ethics violations in connection with claiming tax-exempt status for a political college course. The following year, he resigned his position in disgrace. Gingrich has also earned criticism for his own sordid personal life, including divorcing his first wife Jackie Battley in 1980 during her treatment for uterine cancer, and divorcing his second wife Marianne Ginther just after her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. Gingrich is also known to have numerous affairs during both marriages.
Fahd
Funny he didn’t mentioned that Qop attack on the nation’s capital on January 6th as something that would “truly infuriate traditional Americans.” This hypocritical horse’s as* has become a caricature of himself. He looks much older, but thinner. Gee, I hope he’s not terminally ill will something.
ptn2719
Just a reminder, Newt, that Saint Donald Trump, who upheld the “traditional” values you say the majority support, LOST the popular vote TWICE. So no, I would not agree that the majority are opposed to Biden or his actions. After all, he WON the election last November by promoting inclusion.
radiooutmike
He is also the author of a truly bad sci-fi novel.
woodroad34
And, being a History professor, his books on history are also questionable (per professional reviews I’ve read)
Liquid Silver
I thought he was dead.
woodroad34
Newt Gingrich, no new ideas, no actual plans, no morality, doesn’t really know what “American values” are. What he’s peddling are Alt-Right values…those whackadoodle ideas one passes along after a stroke or aneurysm.
whatsaywhat
“Man who dumped wife number 1 on hospital cancer bed and cheated with wife number 3 (while still married to wife number 2) moralizes about ‘American family values'”
jcool
don’t forget having to give up the speakership for having an extramarital affair with a staffer 23 years his junior.
Prax07
He’s still alive? Thought he died a while ago. Nature should remedy that mistake ASAP.
wikidBSTN
That thing from Georgia is one of the main reasons the GOP became so radicalized and why this country is now so hatefully polarized.
Newt is the perfect example of what NOT to do with your life.
wikidBSTN
And talk about a guy who only knew how to tear down and not how to build.
Newt was Speaker of the House. What did he get for his home state of Georgia? Some “dormitories” left over from the Atlanta Olympics. LOL Thats’ it! What a freakin’ joke.
When Tip O’Neal was Speaker, Massachusetts got Boston’s Big Dig. Now there was a guy who knew how to bring home the bacon.
Mr. Stadnick
I sincerely thought that he was dead. So sad to see I was wrong. He is alive and spouting the same old drivel and intolerance that he did when he was relevant.
RIP
gaym50ish
During California’s Prop 8 debate, Newt lashed out at the gay protest of the proposition’s gay-marriage ban. His lesbian half-sister Candace wrote this in an online letter to Newt:
The truth is that you’re living in a world that no longer exists. I, along with millions of Americans, clearly see the world the way it as — and we embrace what it can be. You, on the other hand, seem incapable of looking for new ideas or moving beyond what worked in the past.
Welcome to the 21st century, big bro. I can understand why you’re so afraid of the energy that has been unleashed after gay and lesbian couples had their rights stripped away from them by a hateful campaign. I can see why you’re sounding the alarm against the activists who use all the latest tech tools to build these rallies from the ground up in cities across the country.