Newt Gingrich: 'African-American Community Should Demand Paychecks And Not Be Satisfied With Food Stamps'

Newt Gingrich: 'African-American Community Should Demand Paychecks And Not Be Satisfied With Food Stamps'

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps.

Gingrich told a town hall meeting at a senior center in Plymouth, N.H., that if the NAACP invites him to its annual convention this year, he'd go there and talk about "why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps."

He also said he'd pitch a new Social Security program aimed at helping young people, particularly African-American males, who he said get the smallest return on Social Security.

Gingrich routinely lambasts President Barack Obama as the "best food stamp president in American history." He also has spoken previously about welcoming an invitation from the NAACP to speak and has been critical of GOP candidates who have not accepted such an invitation.

LP - I wonder if he knows any cushy paying historian jobs that they can get at Freddie or Fanny or multiple thousand dollar jobs that he can get to just speak.