Video: Jon Stewart and Newt Gingrich
Tuesday night on the Jon Stewart show, Newt Gingrich thoroughly beclowned himself by attacking the Obama administration for reading Miranda rights to the accused Christmas bomber; when Stewart pointed out that the Bush administration had also Mirandized shoe bomber Richard Reid, Gingrich said “Richard Reid is an American citizen.”
No. He’s British.
Gingrich later admitted making an error. On his Twitter feed.
The only question in my mind is whether this was ignorance or a deliberate attempt to mislead.