Newt Gingrich defended Mitt Romney's controversial overseas comments Wednesday, saying the presumptive GOP presidential nominee had a "very effective trip" to Israel and Poland.
"I think that the visit to Israel and the visit to Poland were very effective and drew a very real contrast between Obama's policies, which have been largely anti-Israeli and anti-Polish, and where Romney would be, which would be returning to a classical American friendship with both Israel and Poland," Gingrich said on CNN's "Starting Point."
Gingrich was quick to defend the former governor's much-talked about
remarks over Israel and Palestine's differences, saying Romney was right to call attention to cultural disparities between the two despite, drawing harsh criticism from Palestinian officials.
"I think the comments about culture were right, and I wish the elites of this nation had the courage to look at the United Nations refugee camps and realize what an anti-human disaster those refugee camps are, how much they have been breeders of terrorism, how fundamentally wrong their design is and how much we have done a disservice to the people of Palestine and the Palestinians by allowing them to be subjected to that government-run, totally inappropriate structure," Gingrich said. "So there I hope Gov. Romney will stick to his guns, and let's have the argument."
Romney has since clarified his comments, according to CNN, saying they were never meant to criticize Palestinians, rather point out the differences between Israel's steady and growing economy compared to that of its neighbors.
