Like several other prominent Republicans, Newt Gingrich slammed Mitt Romney's assertion in a conference call with donors last week that he lost the 2012 presidential election because of "gifts" President Barack Obama gave to blacks, Hispanics and younger voters during his first term in the White House.
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Last week, the former House Speaker admitted he was "dumbfounded" by Obama's victory--and Romney's poor performance at the polls.
"The president won an extraordinary victory," Gingrich said on NBC's "Today" show. "And the fact is we owe him the respect of trying to understand what they did and how they did it,Moncler Men Vest. But if you had said to me three weeks ago,Nike Air Max ltd, Mitt Romney would get fewer votes than John McCain and it looks like he'll be 2 million fewer,Air Max Ltd Shoes, I would have been dumbfounded."
But the disbelief soon turned to disillusion over Romney's divisive comments.