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Gingrich: Romney Too Rich to Get Gas Prices

Mitt doesn't understand importance of lowering prices, Newt says

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 5, 2012 1:53 PM CST

(Newser) – Mitt Romney recently panned Newt Gingrich's promise of $2.50-per-gallon gasoline if he's elected president, and Gingrich fired back today on Fox & Friends, claiming Romney just doesn't understand the importance of lowering the price. "If you’re Mitt Romney and you’re rich enough, maybe you don’t get it—$2.50-a-gallon gasoline is more than responsible. It was $1.13 when I was speaker, it was $1.89 when Barack Obama was sworn in as president."

"I mean, if Romney wants to run as candidate of high-price gasoline, that’s fine with me, we’ll lump him in with Barack Obama, which is the same as RomneyCare and ObamaCare, so maybe it’s also Romney high-price gasoline and Obama high-price gasoline," Gingrich continued. "I stand for everyday working Americans. ... Let's debate expensive gasoline versus inexpensive gasoline."

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are introduced during a debate sponsored by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona at the Mesa Arts Center February 22, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona.
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are introduced during a debate sponsored by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona at the Mesa Arts Center February 22, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona.   (Getty Images)
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COMMENTS
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Tology
Mar 6, 2012 11:34 AM CST
Romney too rich to get gas....pays other people to fart for him.
Buckshot
Mar 6, 2012 7:31 AM CST
Gas prices are just another lame attempt to blame Obama for a world geopolitical situation and make their black tar sand fuel bullshit pipeline look like the savior..
getherdone
Mar 5, 2012 8:49 PM CST
Oh come on Newt, surely you have got enough sense to know the high gas prices are not OBAMA'S fault. You right wing dimwits would say and do anything to get a vote.
 

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