Losing Nevada, Newt Gingrich Holds a Press Conference [video]

February 5, 2012 by Daniel Burton

For a guy who last week, upon losing Florida, was talking the populist talk of running a campaign for and by the people, Newt sure made a strange choice when he opted to skip a speech to reassure his supporters and instead went to the press to air his grievances.

For an airing of grievances is what it was.

If you want to know what kind of man Newt Gingrich is, then you must watch his press conference. After losing Nevada by a two to one margin, he opted to speak to the press instead of supporters (which is ironic, given how much he has bashed the press during the campaign).

It’s revealing to see him swing from blaming negativity for his fall from the top to seconds later slinging ambiguous accusations about the honesty of his opponent (as well as any other mud he can allude to without standing on any facts). If anything, Mitt Romney has been ribbed for being too square, not for being loose with the truth.

Another interesting moment was when Newt levied former Presidential candidates to bolster his accusations of dishonesty. Ironically, all of those former rivals have either endorsed Mitt for the White House or have opted to stay out of the race.

Here is part 2 of the press conference.