Veteran GOP strategist gets savage reminder after saying voters 'believed' GOP failed

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offered a blunt postmortem on Republicans’ midterm wipeout Sunday, and critics were quick to dig up his own pre-election predictions. “We got beaten badly,” Gingrich said on Fox News. “We got beaten because the American people believed we had failed.” Gingrich also pointed to Mississippi, where Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) is trailing Democrat Scott Colom in a race that hasn’t been called. “We’re on the verge of losing a seat in Mississippi with a senator who explained that there are less expensive ways to get protein,” Gingrich said. “Now, if you’re an…

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Veteran GOP strategist gets savage reminder after saying voters 'believed' GOP failed
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offered a blunt postmortem on Republicans’ midterm wipeout Sunday, and critics were quick to dig up his own pre-election predictions. “We got beaten badly,” Gingrich said on Fox News. “We got beaten because the American people believed we...

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