Univision Gets Very Revealing Answers from Gingrich, Romney
Univision's Jorge Ramos was particularly effective in getting the Republican presidential candidates to say weird stuff Wednesday, pushing Mitt Romney to say, "I don't think people would think I was being honest with them if I said I was Mexican-American."
Univision's Jorge Ramos was particularly effective in getting the Republican presidential candidates to say weird stuff Wednesday, pushing Mitt Romney to say, "I don't think people would think I was being honest with them if I said I was Mexican-American." Romney's dad was born in Mexico, Politico's Juana Summers reports, so Ramos pressed Romney to claim he was Mexican. Romney laughingly revealed his instant political calculations, saying, "I would love to be able to convince people of that, particularly in a Florida primary."
Mr. Ramos then suggested that Mr. Gingrich had been hypocritical, as House speaker, to lead impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair at a time he himself was in an adulterous relationship. “At the same time you were doing exactly the same thing,” Mr. Ramos said.
Mr. Gingrich pushed back, making the case that Mr. Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, a felony, not for an extramarital affair.
“I understand,” Mr. Ramos said, “but people think that’s hypocritical to criticize President Clinton for doing the same thing that you were doing at the same time.”
“O.K., there is some place there where there’s a mental synapse missing,” Mr. Gingrich said. “I didn’t do the same thing. I never lied under oath, I have never committed perjury, I have never been involved in a felony – he was.”