i think you put your finger right on it, which is this was not just an isolated statement. this is a statement that now has been presented when trump was appearing with the birther in chief, donald trump, who demanded the birth certificate of the first african-american president but never made those kind of complaints about white presidents. i think donald trump s very sorry record on race is well known. the narrow appeal he has in the republican party is based on being willing to go that far. this is a guy who said famously the president should, quote, get off the basketball court and focus on the economy. so these aren t even very coded attacks. trump doing it in that way at this appearance says a lot. the other thing i ll say briefly is, i m really glad you re spotlighting the way newt gingrich thinks about policy. even take race out of it and we re seeing a window into his idea of making education policy which is off the top of the head. he s talking about a new government prog
i think donald trump s very sorry record on race is well known. the narrow appeal he has in the republican party is based on being willing to go that far. this is a guy who said famously the president should, quote, get off the basketball court and focus on the economy. so these aren t even very coded attacks. trump doing it in that way at this appearance says a lot. the other thing i ll say briefly is, i m really glad you re spotlighting the way newt gingrich thinks about policy. even take race out of it and we re seeing a window into his idea of making education policy which is off the top of the head. he s talking about a new government program that if it s done properly would probably cost a hell of a lot more money, but of course, we know how they feel about public education. instead of devoting educational resources to the poorest schools in this country, you just have to put underaged kids to work. one thing on that, ed, you spotlighted on this show over and over the fight o