Newt Gingrich Slams 'Totally Dishonest' Coronavirus News That He Helped Spread

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In just a few short weeks, Newt Gingrich has gone from downplaying the coronavirus threat to urging swift action to stop the spread of the infection.

First, he dismissed the virus, saying COVID-19 was not nearly as bad as the flu. Now, he’s warning Americans to pay attention to the tragedy unfolding in Italy. Yet he’s also blaming his own shifting attitude on “a totally dishonest left wing news media.”

The former House speaker tweeted:

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In reality, the misinformation problem in coronavirus coverage came from Gingrich ― who spent much of February downplaying the threat ― and others in the right-wing media.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/newt-gingrich-coronavirus-095036194.html

Crawl back under your rock Gingrich

[Windy City Charlie]

1. Ahh

Ah, so this is was the media's fault? It was a result of all the "fake news" in the past that he thought the media was spreading fake news with this?

In other words, if the media hadn't been dishonest in the past he'd have been more inclined to believe them now? "the media has lied and been wrong so many times in the past, I thought they were lying about this, too."

[Laelth]

2. Slime.

If Newt Gingrich’s picture isn’t attached to the dictionary entry for slime, IT SHOULD BE.



-Laelth

[ProfessorGAC]

3. I'm Thinking of 2 Words For Newt

One begins in F, the other in Y.

[MFGsunny]

4. Newt Gingross lecturing on dishonesty? That's rich - in the most immoral sense. n/t

[tavernier]

5. Well what a convoluted way to get to the fact

that you are a lying sack of shit, jewelry boy.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. And another most punchable face speaks out. I rarely say such a thing, but I really...

wish he would just die.

But not until after some serious torture.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Newt never has been good at directions. It's the RIGHT wing media, dummy!

Always has been.

Get your directions straight.

[uponit7771]

8. Bastard

[JHB]

9. Once again, the only thing that comes out of his mouth that should...

...be taken at face value is: vomit.

Never let them call it "Trumpism". It's been standard Republican operating procedure since Newt and Rush's tag-team days.

[dalton99a]

10. Lying scum.

[Walleye]

11. Media hysteria? They don't even try to makes sense.

[ScratchCat]

12. The response doesn't even make any sense

I mean, totally no sense. Was Fox News incapable of understanding the pandemic? This is backasswards world nonsense. "Conservatives" weren't skeptical because of "hysteria" on ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN; they were skeptical because Fox NEWS told them to be.

[Windy City Charlie]

13. The Republican way

It's the Republican way. Anytime they make a mistake it's not because of what they did, it's because of what someone else did.