Gingrich blasts media elites in SC victory speech

Published January 21, 2012 5:00am ET



The elites in Washington and New York have no understanding care no care no concern, no reliability, and in fact do not reprint them at all.” Gingrich said in his victory speech after winning the South Carolina primary.

Gingrich mentioned the two South Carolina debate where “people reacted so strongly” to the news media, calling it a “fundamental” reaction that the media should take seriously.

“The American people feel that they have elites who have been trying for a half century to force us to try to quit being American, and become some kind of other system,” Gingrich said to heavy applause.

“People completely misunderstand what is going on,” said Gingrich, “It’s not that I’m a good debater, its just that I articulate the deeply held values of the American people.”