newt gingrich as a congressman, as speaker of the house and now as a candidate for president has nothing but wonderful things to say about newt gingrich. running for president, itself, thinking you have what it takes to be in charge of the country means you think a lot about yourself and your capabilities. we re joined for the interview by a specific type of newt gingrich expert. his half sister candace gingrich-jones who s a gay rights advocate. she s the associate director of youth and campus outreach for the human rights campaign foundation that works to advance gay rights. great to have you here. happy to be here. i wonder listening to the quotes from your brother talking about himself, i m obviously making the point he thinks of himself in grand sweeping historic terms and that s important to understanding him. when you hear that, do you feel affectionate about that? is there a side of him as a family member that makes sense
opinion on those matters that the fact he thinks that is a way to get ahead f push came to shove, do you think that we should expect from mr. gingrich, as a front-runner, that he would really push the gay issue if he had to do it? i wouldn t put it past any of the gop presidential candidates. it has historically been one of the things that a tactic that s used. you know, lgbt americans and their lives u and kind of how we should be treated or how we should be accepted or and having a gay sister doesn t affect a politician s willingness to do that? you know, i i don t know the answer to that. like i think that if he is a politician and saying these things because s politician but he doesn t believe them or if he does believe them, i don t know if i like either of those answers very much, you know? i know at the end of the day he is wrong. he is on definitely the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues and it is those positions that you know, the human rights camp
running for president, itself, thinking you have what it takes to be in charge of the country means you think a lot about yourself and your capabilities. we re joined for the interview by a specific type of newt gingrich expert. his half sister candace gingrich-jones who s a gay rights advocate. she s the associate director of youth and campus outreach for the human rights campaign foundation that works to advance gay rights. great to have you here. happy to be here. i wonder listening to the quotes from your brother talking about himself, i m obviously making the point he thinks of himself in grand sweeping historic terms and that s important to understanding him. when you hear that, do you feel affectionate about that? is there a side of him as a family member that makes sense about that than what makes sense to us knows him as a politician? well, yes and no. you know, we did not grow up together.
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ally. so i wonder if that s part of newt s role. the prospect of running against newt would be wonderful. i mean, there s so much we haven t even you don t even have to talk about the three marriages before there s so much other good stuff on him and how he s abused his power, his influence. pay for, money for access. there s plenty of good stuff there that he can use and fill 365 days of just fun times. maybe we can have the election season extended. how about that? karen finney, former dnc communications director, columnist for the hill, msnbc political analyst and firsttime guest here. good to see you. appreciate it. according to former house speaker newt gingrich, former house speaker newt gingrich is awesome. on the basis of that alone, we d like to have mr. gingrich on the show and have extended the invitation. we re still waiting for him to get back to us, we are extremely excited tonight on this show to welcome his sister. candace gingrich is the interview t