Newt Gingrich claiming the election was stolen without evidence is major Newt Gingrich writing a dissertation about the Congo without ever going there energy.
For reference: robertpaulwolff.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt-g…
"There is no evidence in the text that he traveled either to Belgium or to the Congo, and he seems not to have interviewed any of the principal actors, Belgian or Congolese, even though the dissertation was written only a handful of years after the departure of the Belgians […]"
The piece by Paul Wolff linked above is very much worth reading.
It also contains this fascinating piece of information:
"The only word in the entire dissertation not in English or French is misspelled -- Weltanschauung with only one "u" -- page 205, line 2"
It also contains this fascinating piece of information:
"The only word in the entire dissertation not in English or French is misspelled -- Weltanschauung with only one "u" -- page 205, line 2"
It's ironic because Gingrich's Weltanschauung itself became so prominent: it helped give rise to Trumpism, and it won't disappear once Trump is no longer president.
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