Michele Bachmann Criticizes Gingrich’s Immigration Policy On Fox & Friends, Gingrich Responds
Now that Newt Gingrich is the frontrunner in the GOP race, much of the media and political spotlight is on him, and the latest controversy to surround his campaign is his “humane” immigration policy that he made the case for at this week’s Republican presidential debate. One of Gingrich’s chief rivals, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, appeared on Fox & Friends earlier today to give more insight into the former Speaker’s past stances on immigration policy.
Bachmann highlighted Gingrich’s past support of President Bush‘s amnesty policy, and was for amnesty as recently as last year. She admitted if Gingrich was only referring to illegal immigrants who have resided in the United States for over two decades as opposed to recent influxes of immigrants, Gingrich’s comments made more sense, but doubted this was his actual position.
She boasted that she was the only candidate running for president who signed a pledge to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and denied she ever supported anything but the letter of the law in her immigration positions.
Bachmann’s comments clearly struck a nerve, and this afternoon Gingrich’s campaign responded by releasing a statement directly responding to her allegations.
“I am for deporting all recent unattached illegals. I am for a local citizen panel to consider certification of those who have been here 25 years and have family and community and have been law-abiding and tax paying. They could get what the Krieble Foundation developed as a ‘red card’ and be legal, but with no path to citizenship and no right to vote.”
Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond also told Fox News in an e-mail that Bachmann “is intentionally lying to people or she does not understand immigration reform.” Earlier this week on PBS NewsHour, Bachmann called Gingrich’s immigration policy the “most liberal” position of all the Republican candidates.
Watch Bachmann’s appearance here, courtesy of Fox News:
And Gingrich’s response is below, also from Fox:
Sign up for Mediaite's daily newsletter.
-
Ark
-
http://twitter.com/Brett_Cottrell Brett Cottrell
-
Jonathan Cantor
-
Kid Dynamite
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Anonymous
-
cma cma
-
Ricci Dats Me
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Valkyrie101
-
americanoutlaw
-
americanjew
-
Claudia Higginbotham
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
TD
-
Sra
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Anonymous
-
Hugo Daun
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski
-
Tito Esposito
-
Obama2012
-
John Kliber
-
Mencius
-
Rufus Danegro
-
Anonymous
-
cdnhawk
-
Cam
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
cdnhawk
-
cdnhawk
-
cdnhawk
-
Anonymous
-
Liberal Natural Selection
-
Liberal Natural Selection
-
Liberal Natural Selection
-
Jonathan Cantor
-
Anonymous
-
keninkansas
-
keninkansas
-
Anonymous
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Just some Blow Hard…
-
http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K
-
Just some Blow Hard…
-
Just some Blow Hard…
-
Dawks82
-
Cam
-
Tex the Thunder God
-
azgrandma
-
Same Sex Liberal Kindergarten
-
Tennessee3501
-
Tennessee3501
-
Anonymous
-
Tennessee3501
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Tennessee3501
-
Anonymous
-
keninkansas
-
Tennessee3501
-
Tennessee3501
-
Tennessee3501
-
Tennessee3501
-
Tennessee3501
-
Tennessee3501
-
Mencius
-
azgrandma
-
azgrandma
-
Anonymous
-
Same Sex Liberal Kindergarten
-
Bal
-
shonangreg
-
cdnhawk
-
Anonymous
-
http://twitter.com/Icabods Icabod
-
Ethan
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Rex the Wonder God
-
Wero
-
Chauncy Gardner
-
Chauncy Gardner
-
Valkyrie101
-
Anonymous
-
Valkyrie101
-
Billy Sunday
-
Socratease
-
keninkansas
-
Anonymous
-
Just some Blow Hard…
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
http://www.facebook.com/sootsme Ed Williams
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
BooBoo Bear
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
-
Anonymous
When Did David Letterman Become Such A Liberal Partisan?
More TV:
















Explicit Image Of S.E. Cupp (It’s A Fake) In Hustler Magazine Sparks Outrage
Who Should Be On Next Season’s Celebrity Apprentice? A Mediaite Wish List
Letterman Confronts O’Reilly: ‘Why Doesn’t The Current President Get More Credit?’
The Uncanniest Cable News Doppelgangers
Penn Jillette Revisits Obama Drugs Rant On Hannity
Explicit Image Of S.E. Cupp (It’s A Fake) In Hustler Magazine Sparks Outrage
MSNBC Primetime Makes Zero Mentions Of Trayvon Martin Case After Pro-Zimmerman Evidence Surfaces
Conservative Teen Opens Up About ‘Vile, Vulgar’ Reaction To Her Video On Gay Marriage
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz: Is Birtherism ‘Just Another Form Of Racism?’
Yet Another Survey: Fox News Viewers Worst-Informed, NPR Listeners Best-Informed










RSS