The Democratic National Committee is attacking Newt Gingrich and Kit Bond for "playing politics with terror trials," pointing to recent appearances by the two men on television to make their point.
The DNC criticizes Gingrich for his comments on "The Daily Show," which you can watch below. In the interview, host Jon Stewart pressed Gingrich on his criticism of the decision to read Miranda rights to Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Stewart noted that shoe bomber Richard Reid, who was detained during the Bush administration, was also mirandized.
Gingrich responded that Reid was an American citizen – a claim the former House speaker later admitted was not true on Twitter with this Tweet: "On daily show was wrong re: ShoeBomber citizenship, was thinking of Padilla. Treating terrorists like criminals wrong no matter who is Pres."
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