At the big CNN Debate in Florida Thursday, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich got into a back-and-forth over immigration. At one point, Romney’s tough ad attacking Gingrich for saying “Spanish is the language of the ghetto” came up, with moderator Wolf Blitzer asking Romney to repeat the charge.
“I haven’t seen the ad, so I’m sorry, I don’t get to see all the tv ads,” Romney said. “Did he say that?”
Watch Romney deny:
The fact that Gingrich did say that is a bit awkward for Gingrich, and has been for quite a while. But there was plenty of awkward to go around: Turns out the ad Romney said he’s never heard of is running on the radio from his campaign — and Romney’s voice, in Spanish, is on the end saying he approved it.
Here’s the Spanish language ad, as posted to the Romney campaign YouTube account:
