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Feelings vs Fact - Newt Gingrich - RNC Topic on Violent Crime - Feelings trump FBI Stats!

Sam & Me Z · 165.1K views · 2016-07-27 · 1:00

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Clip from a John Oliver segment showing Newt Gingrich arguing that feelings about crime matter more than FBI statistics at the 2016 RNC.

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Cited critically as an example of post-truth politics and appeals to feeling over data.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2016–2026

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peteforde · 2026-05 · Criticism

I'm reminded of that [terrifying in hind-sight] Newt Gingrich interview in which he was more concerned about his constituents feelings about things getting worse than any silly statistics provided by government agencies. [VIDEO]

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zer00eyz · 2025-07 · Criticism

> Now, why are you spending misinformation? Are you going to claim that US politicians don't do the exact same thing? This is my favorite example of it, where one literally tells you what the play is while it's getting made: [VIDEO] Feelings not facts.

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chneu · 2025-05 · Criticism

Newt Gingrich dropped the famous "feels over reals" line on CNN. "You have your facts on the left and we have our facts on the right" is basically what he said. Along with "If people feel one way then that's real." He isn't wrong, but he openly admitted to manipulating people to get them to feel certain ways. [VIDEO]

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