Gingrich Unveils New Child Labor Plan: Make Them Work As ‘Apprenti’ For Trump

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Gingrich Unveils New Child Labor Plan: Make Them Work As ‘Apprenti’ For Trump
By Alex Seitz-Wald on Dec 5, 2011 at 12:45 pm

GOP front-runner Newt Gingrich sat down with real estate mogul Donald Trump this morning, becoming the latest in a parade of GOP presidential candidates looking for Trump’s endorsement. “I’m a big fan of him,” Gingrich said after the meeting. He’s also the only candidate so far to agree to participate in an upcoming debate Trump is moderating.

Why anyone would want Trump’s endorsement is a bit of a mystery, as only 6 percent of voters said they would be more likely to support Trump-approved candid, while a full 31 percent said Trump’s endorsement would make them less likely to support a candidate. But Gingrich and Trump had a PR strategy for the confab.

The former House speaker has taken flak in recent days for calling child labor laws “truly stupid” and saying that poor kids should clean the bathrooms in their school to learn legal work habits. “Newt Gingrich has reached a new low, and that is hard for him to do,” New York Times columnist Charles Blow wrote Friday. “You clearly know little,” actress Eva Longoria scolded Gingrich on Twitter.

After the summit today, Gignrich and Trump announced a joint plan to select 10 “apprenti,” as Trump put it (the actual plural of “apprentice” is “apprentices”) from New York City’s schools to work for the reality TV star. “It was Newt’s idea and I thought it was a great idea,” Trump said at a joint press conference. Watch it:

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/12/05/381787/trump-gingrich-apprenti/

[MjolnirTime]

1. Yes we can ... get fired by Donald Trump

[Erose999]

2. Am I the only one thinking working for Newt would be like a Victorian era workhouse?

To hell with Greengooch.

[dtexdem]

3. The actual plural of Trump apprentice is "victims."

And in this case, it would be child abuse.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Will Trump's kids be involved again--aka the Trumpii?

:evilgrin:

[Marrah_G]

5. omfg