Newt Gingrich: On race, Obama and Eric Holder are guilty of a 'tragic failure of leadership'

Newt Gingrich: On race, Obama and Eric Holder are guilty of a &#039;tragic failure of leadership&#039;

last updated 8 January 2015

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on Sunday accused President Obama and outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder of missing their opportunity to assuage race relations in America.

"Six years into their effort we are in some ways further apart, not closer together," Gingrich said on CBS' Face the Nation. "That's a tragic failure of leadership."

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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.

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