US election 2012: Newt Gingrich dubs Mitt Romney ‘the most anti-immigrant candidate’

“Can we set aside that Newt was a member of Congress … and that Mitt
Romney is a wealthy guy?” he said in a tone of exasperation.

That seemed unlikely, given the stakes in the primary now five days distant.

Gingrich picked up on the theme quickly, calling on moderator Wolf Blitzer of
CNN to let the four candidates discuss the issues.

The audience booed, as if in agreement with Gingrich, but Romney jumped in,
saying, “Wouldn’t it be nice if people didn’t make accusations
somewhere else that they weren’t willing to defend here?”

Moments earlier, Romney and Gingrich had exchanged jabs over investments in
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two US
mortgage giants that played a role in the national foreclosure crisis that
has hit Florida particularly hard.

Gingrich said Romney was making money from investments in funds that were “foreclosing
on Floridians.”

Romney quickly noted that Gingrich, too, was invested in mutual funds with
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He then added that the former House speaker “was
a spokesman” for the two. That was a reference to a contract that one
of Gingrich’s businesses had for consulting services. The firm was paid
$300,000 in 2006.

Source: AFP

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