COUNCIL BLUFFS — Newt Gingrich this morning said that Attorney General Eric Holder should resign due to the consequences of the Fast and Furious program, in which the Obama administration intentionally allowed thousands of guns to flow into the hands of Mexican drug lords without tracking them. At least two of the guns showed up at the murder scene of a U.S. border agent.
At an appearance here at Trish’s Restaurant, Gingrich was asked why Holder was still running the Department of Justice.
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“Well, because Barack Obama is still in there,” Gingrich replied. “Eric Holder is just a junior version of President Obama. So he’s allowed to have the attorney general he wants, who is some guy who to most of us is way to the left and not very competent.”
He continued, “For example, on Fast and Furious, the gun sting that went bad and killed an American agent, Holder either didn’t know, which means he ought to resign, or he did know, which means he ought to resign. It’s hard to understand the case for him not being held accountable. But I think that goes back to President Obama.”
