What is @newtgingrich doing you guys?
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 7, 2016
Newt Gingrich isn’t without his quirks, but this afternoon, he may have taken it to another level.
It started off OK:
December 7 is a good day to remember that the world is dangerous and shattering surprise is possible even when we have been warned.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 7, 2016
But then it took kind of a weird turn:
75 years ago the Japanese displayed professional brilliance and technological power launching surprises from Hawaii to the Philippines
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 7, 2016
Japanese planning and trainng let them also carry out surprise attacks in Hong Kong and Malaysia.It was widest surprise attack in history
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 7, 2016
Noting Japan’s “professional brilliance and technological power” on Pearl Harbor Day? Maybe not the most tactful approach. And unfortunately for him, it essentially drowned out his earlier valid observation about the constant and often unpredictable threats we face in today’s world.
Congrats to the Japanese on Pearl Harbor pic.twitter.com/HNrlI2eQ2h
— Brendan O'Hare (@brendohare) December 7, 2016
A lot of people were left scratching their heads over that one.
Come again https://t.co/8HQsbb696C
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 7, 2016
Jesus… https://t.co/CJRznNarv4
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 8, 2016
@brendohare this is the weirdest hot take ive seen in a while holy shit
— John Papaioannou (@JohnFatherJohn) December 7, 2016
.@newtgingrich what the hell Newt? Who in their right mind would laud an Axis power about something like that, not to mention on this day.
— Miles Mawby (@MiMawby) December 7, 2016
. @newtgingrich pic.twitter.com/RrC58WYzW9
— untermensch (@NetSematary) December 7, 2016
@newtgingrich WTF
— HippieChick (@MKlave) December 7, 2016
.@newtgingrich pic.twitter.com/d65zA0T34p
— Leila A. McNeill (@leilasedai) December 7, 2016
DAFUQ NEWT DAFUQ https://t.co/pMWTEtDfTY
— Marcus Hawkins (@HawkinsUSA) December 8, 2016
@newtgingrich What the fuck is wrong with you?
— Michael Rainey (@mikerainey82) December 7, 2016
@brendohare @ReticentTurnip What the hell is this?
— Katie (@OhWeeBeasties) December 7, 2016
@OhWeeBeasties @brendohare It's Newt being incredibly tactful as usual
— Reticent Turnip (@ReticentTurnip) December 7, 2016
@brendohare @jpbrammer WTF–was his account hacked? I know he's crazy, but this is in a whole different class.
— Rebecca Rauber (@rebeccarauber) December 7, 2016
@brendohare wtaf?!?! I actually had to double-check that this was real. And what do you know, it was!
— Téa 📎 (@TeaRigby) December 7, 2016
@brendohare @vinkell Holy fuck he actually said that.
— Coffee is my god (@coffee_minion) December 7, 2016
Someone's trying to kamikaze his cabinet chances. https://t.co/PgeGsfpClP
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 7, 2016
.@newtgingrich Maybe focus on Japan's atrocity instead of tactical adroitness, jackass.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 7, 2016
My great-uncle died defending USA. I guess he was no match for Japan's "professional brilliance".@newtgingrich #PearlHarbor75thAnniversary
— Jake Turx (@JakeTurx) December 7, 2016
Oof.
