“For Republicans to consistently refuse to engage in front of an African American or Latino audience is an enormous error. I hope they will reverse their decision and change their schedules. I see no excuse — this thing has been planned for months, these candidates have known about it for months. It’s just fundamentally wrong. Any of them who give you that scheduling-conflict answer are disingenuous. That’s baloney.”

–Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, commenting on the leading GOP presidential candidates declining to appear at an upcoming minority forum, citing scheduling conflicts.

Bonus quote:

“What are we going to do — meet in a country club in the suburbs one day? If we’re going to be competitive with people of color, we’ve got to ask them for their vote.”

–Former GOP VP candidate Jack Kemp.

Meet at the country club…well yea, isn’t that what Republicans typically do?

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