Newt: Self-Deportation Comment ‘Fatal’ To Romney

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Newt Gingrich said on ABC’s “This Week” roundtable that Mitt Romney’s campaign was sunk by remarks calling for “self-deportation” of undocumented immigrants and potraying 47 percent of Americans as dependent on government.

“I that and the 47 percent comment were fatal,” said Gingrich, who Romney defeated in the primary.

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