Gingrich Calls Romney a Liar

DES MOINES — Weeks of staying cheerily — and ineffectively — positive amid an onslaught of negativity appears to have finally gotten to Newt Gingrich.

Tired, frustrated and irritated, by his own account, Mr. Gingrich on Tuesday morning blasted Mr. Romney, calling him “a liar” and accusing him of misstating both his own record and the records of his rivals.

“He’s not telling the American people the truth. It’s just like his pretense that he’s a conservative,” Mr. Gingrich said on CBS’s “The Early Show.” “I just think he ought to be honest to the American people and try to win as the real Mitt Romney, not try to invent a poll-driven, consultant-guided version that goes around with talking points.”

Asked directly whether he was calling Mr. Romney a liar, Mr. Gingrich said he was.

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