DeNiro Joke About GOP First Ladies Draws Ire

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Robert DeNiro’s jokes about first ladies Monday night has Republican candidate Newt Gingrich up in arms

At an event hosted by DeNiro and his wife, DeNiro said, according to the pool report:

Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?

DeNiro acknowledged the touchiness of the subject, following up, “Too soon, right?”

First Lady Michelle Obama was at the fundraiser, and called DeNiro and his wife, Grace Hightower, “”a dynamic duo in their own right,” according to the pool report. Also among the attendees were Whoopi Goldberg, Star Jones, Tina Knowles and Angela Bassett. 

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