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Newt Gingrich Accuses Sebelius of 'Soviet Tyranny'

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Edited on Sat Sep-18-10 10:05 PM by IDemo

Source: ABC News

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich lashed out at Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today at the Values Voter Summit, accusing her of "behaving exactly in the spirit of the Soviet tyranny."

What drew Gingrich's anger was a letter Sebelius sent earlier this month to a leading insurance industry group complaining that some companies were "falsely blaming premium increases" on health care reform legislation.

"When Secretary Sebelius said the other day she would punish insurance companies that told the truth about the cost of Obamacare, she was behaving exactly in the spirit of the Soviet tyranny," Gingrich said. "And if she's going to represent left-wing thought police about Obamacare, she should be forced to resign by the new Congress."

Gingrich said Republicans should defund her office if they sweep back into the majority in Congress after the November elections, as he hopes.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/newt-gingrich-accuses-health-secretary-sebelius-soviet-tyrany/story?id=11670908

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