Newt Gingrich: “If closing the government for 27 days is a necessary…”

“I mean, no, you'll like this because I think in some ways you'll identify, okay, my natural state is winning. There you go. I appreciate that. If sitting for 35 days wins, I'm for winning. If fighting. If closing the government for 27 days is a necessary prelude, negotiate. I'm foreclosing the government for 27 days. All right, but they were, they were in. It's not a personality thing. They were instrumentalities of getting something done.” (23:09–23:18)

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