X-Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts has endorsed Newt Gingrich for president.
“I’m not looking for a candidate that’s perfect, that’s not flawed,” he told Fox News. “All of them are flawed, and those that think they’re not flawed, that’s their flaw. I’m looking for somebody that will be willing to do the heavy lifting to get us to where we all want to be as a nation, and I think Newt fits that profile.”
Gingrich made a true difference on policy as House speaker, Watts said. "When you consider where we are today, and you think about the good old days of balanced budgets, entitlement reform, paying down our national debt, getting tax relief -- as a Republican majority, Newt Gingrich was the speaker. We haven't seen things like that in the last 13 years.”
This coming on the heels of Republican Senator Tom Coburn R-Okla. who has some harsh words for his former boss Newt Gingrich.
“There’s a lot of candidates out there I’m not inclined to be a supporter of Newt Gingrich’s having served under him for four years and personally experiences his leadership,” said Coburn said on “Fox News Sunday.”Coburn served under then Speaker Gingrich after being elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 as part of the great Republican revival brought on by Gingrich.
“There’s all types of leaders. Leaders that instill confidence, leaders that are somewhat abrupt and brisk. Leaders that have one standard for the people that they’re leading and a different standard for themselves. I just found his leadership lacking,” Coburn said.
This isn’t the first time that Coburn has spoken critically of Gingrich’s leadership style.
Coburn described the former speaker as someone who is brilliant but divisive while speaking on C-SPAN in March.
“We need someone who’s eye is critical but is not harsh in their manner,” he said.
Coburn has previously announced his decision not to run for re-election in 2016.
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