Newt Gingrich: Merely Visiting An ISIS Or Al Qaeda Website Should Be A Felony

‘Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is making some news today for some silly remarks he made on Fox News last night in response to the attack last night in Nice, France. It comes right at the beginning of the above video.
All of the press — for good reason — is focusing on the first part of what he said, about deporting anyone “of Muslim background” (whatever that means) who “believes in Sharia.” We’ll skip over why this is totally clueless and unconstitutional, because plenty of other news sites are handling that.
Instead, we’ll move on to the second craziest thing he said, right after that first statement, which is something that fits much more with Techdirt’s usual themes: Gingrich then claims two ridiculous things, each only slightly less ridiculous than his first statement:’
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