Jenny Sanford On Newt Gingrich: ‘Open Marriage’ Calls Into Question His Character

In an interview with Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball Thursday, Former South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford slammed Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich over the revelations that he asked his ex-wife for an open marriage, saying it called into question his character and that he wouldn’t get her vote.

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“Do you think it’s going to have an impact on Saturday’s voting?” Matthews asked. “You know, I think it will have an impact for some people,” Sanford opined. “I don’t know how much of an impact because people, for the most part, already knew that Gingrich, you know, was on his third wife. But I think that actually seeing one of his wives speaking about him in an unflattering manner, it has got have an impact in some respect. It does call into question his character certainly on the personal side. And, you know, as a voter, I encourage people to look at both sides, the personal side. And if you’re going to overcome somebody’s moral failings or infidelities, you have to also look at where they stand ideologically and how much does their rhetoric match their reality. In my mind, Gingrich falls short on both fronts. So, he wouldn’t get my vote.”

Sanford was previously married to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford who disappeared in June 2009 to have an affair with a woman from Argentina.

Watch Sanford’s interview with Chris Matthews below via MSNBC:

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