Newt Gingrich, one-time presidential hopeful and former Speaker of the House, commemorated Pearl Harbor Day, when Japan attacked a U.S. naval base, by tweeting in praise of Japan calling its attack “brilliant.” Gingrich has said his fair share of surprising quotes this year, like when he said white people “don’t understand being black in America.” More recently, Gingrich told Fox News host Megyn Kelly she was “fascinated with sex” during an interview about the sexual assault allegations launched against Donald Trump.
In a series of tweets, Gingrich talked about the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor, and Hawaii and Japan’s “professional brilliance” in the 1941 surprise attack. The attack killed 2,403 Americans and injured 1,178 more, leading to the U.S. involvement in World War II.
Twitter was baffled and then outraged by Gingrich’s tweets on the 75th anniversary of the event.
Gingrich hasn’t tweeted anything after his comments to clarify what he meant. Gingrich was previously rumored to have been in the running to be Trump’s running mate and in July he admitted he was being vetted by Trump’s team. After Trump’s win, Gingrich’s name came up again for Trump’s cabinet as Secretary of State. Bet Trump’s happy he didn’t go with with Gingrich for VP.
The president-elect commemorated Pearl Harbor Day in a post referring to the people killed in the attack as “heroes.” Trump wrote, “Their shared sacrifice reminds us of the great costs paid by those who came before us to secure the liberties we enjoy, and inspires us to rise to meet the new challenges that stand before us today.”
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