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June 26, 2011

Sharpton: By Courting the Black Vote, Newt Gingrich ‘Assumes That We’re Stupid’

By Frances Martel, Mediaite

Newt Gingrich's latest outreach effort to the African-American community is not going over so well with some of the louder members of said group. On MSNBC yesterday, Rev. Al Sharpton argued that for Gingrich to even attempt to court the black vote as a Republican candidate was "an insult" intended to "cover up the fact that his campaign is falling apart," and an actually an underhanded attempt to suppress the black vote.

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