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Gingrich Says the Democrats Are a ‘Gerontocracy’

August 10, 2015 at 6:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

After the first GOP debate, Newt Gingrich thinks that Hillary Clinton is vulnerable and that the Republican field makes the Democrats look like “a gerontocracy,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Gingrich:”I’m pretty optimistic. We have a lot of work to do, but we’re moving in the right direction.”

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