SCOTT PELLEY: Speaker Gingrich, if I could just ask you the same question, as President of the United States, would you sign that death warrant for an American citizen overseas who you believe is a terrorist suspect?
NEWT GINGRICH: Well, he’s not a terrorist suspect. He’s a person who was found guilty under review of actively seeking the death of Americans.
SCOTT PELLEY: Not– not found guilty by a court, sir.
NEWT GINGRICH: He was found guilty by a panel that looked at it and reported to the president.
SCOTT PELLEY: Well, that’s extrajudicial. That’s– it’s not–
NEWT GINGRICH: Let me– let me– let me tell you a story– let me just tell you this.
SCOTT PELLEY: –the rule of law.
NEWT GINGRICH: It is the rule of law. (APPLAUSE) That is explicitly false. It is the rule of law.
SCOTT PELLEY: No.
NEWT GINGRICH: If you engage in war against the United States, you are an enemy combatant. You have none of the civil liberties of the United States. (APPLAUSE) You cannot go to court. — Ugh. I haven’t seen the video, but the fact that (APPLAUSE) exists in that text is sickening. For as much as republicans claim to want less government power, you would think that the power to end a citizen’s life would be the first thing they’d stand up against, especially outside of a court of law.
NEWT GINGRICH: Well, he’s not a terrorist suspect. He’s a person who was found guilty under review of actively seeking the death of Americans.
SCOTT PELLEY: Not– not found guilty by a court, sir.
NEWT GINGRICH: He was found guilty by a panel that looked at it and reported to the president.
SCOTT PELLEY: Well, that’s extrajudicial. That’s– it’s not–
NEWT GINGRICH: Let me– let me– let me tell you a story– let me just tell you this.
SCOTT PELLEY: –the rule of law.
NEWT GINGRICH: It is the rule of law. (APPLAUSE) That is explicitly false. It is the rule of law.
SCOTT PELLEY: No.
NEWT GINGRICH: If you engage in war against the United States, you are an enemy combatant. You have none of the civil liberties of the United States. (APPLAUSE) You cannot go to court. — Ugh. I haven’t seen the video, but the fact that (APPLAUSE) exists in that text is sickening. For as much as republicans claim to want less government power, you would think that the power to end a citizen’s life would be the first thing they’d stand up against, especially outside of a court of law.
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(APPLAUSE) exists in...text is sickening. For as much as republicans claim
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laliberty said:
A less cordial man would say, “Fuck Newt.” But I’d rather not say “Fuck Newt.” So I won’t say “Fuck Newt.” I’ll leave that for a less cordial man. That is, to say “Fuck Newt.”
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