South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn told CNN on State of the Union that “Newt Gingrich throwing red meat to the base.” On the subject of Newt Gingrich’s food stamps rhetoric, Newt is playing up the idea of a culture of dependency. He declined to say if it was specifically racist.
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