Newt Gingrich, speaking to supporters at a town hall in Florence, S.C., used a bare-knuckle analogy to describe how he intends to run against President Obama in the general election.
National Journal’s Sarah Huisenga reports:
At a town hall meeting attended by about 200 people at the Art Trail Gallery, a supporter told Gingrich, “We’ve got to bloody Obama’s nose. You’ve mentioned challenging him to seven, three-hour debates.… If he doesn’t agree to that, how do you plan to aggressively take the gloves off and go after him?” Gingrich responded, “I don’t want to argue with you about the analogy. I don’t want to bloody his nose, I want to knock him out.”
The audience applauded.
Read the full report here.