Gingrich to Republicans: ‘Tell the Truth’ that ‘We Got Beaten Because the American People Believed We Had Failed’

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GINGRICH: “Well, look, I’ve thought a lot about this, and Calista and I were talking earlier today because she knew I was going to be on your show. I think my number one message to Republicans is, relax, focus and tell the truth. There are too many people scared, there are too many people holding their punches. I like what Ron Johnson wants to do, not because it’s going to change whether or not John Thune is the leader, but because the Senate Republicans and the House Republicans both ought to start with a very simple premise. We got beaten badly. We got beaten because the American people believed we had failed. This is not complicated. I’ve been through, as you know, I’ve been through these things on both sides. We had a pretty big election in ‘94 that I led, John Boehner led a bigger election in 2010. I first ran in ‘74 during a brutal blue tsunami over Watergate. So I’ve been down this road. But if you don’t stop and and be honest — and I include the White House in this — if you’re not prepared to say, 'Something didn’t work and we better try to learn from our customers,' when your customers refuse to come to your store and your customers refuse to buy your product, it’s not their job to figure out what went wrong, it’s your job, because they’re the customers.”