The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
June 14, 2012

Gingrich: U.S. Elections "Rigged in Favor of the Wealthy" 
----------------------------------------------------------


 
Ironically, the donation by Gingrich's former backer to Romney came just
as Gingrich himself openly complained that U.S. elections are rigged in
favor of the wealthy. Gingrich was speaking in an appearance on MSNBC.

Newt Gingrich: "It’s very hard to compete with a billionaire if they
get to spend all the money they want and the middle-class candidate’s
raising money in $2,500 units. So, I think the current system is rigged,
frankly, in favor of the wealthy.”

 

.