‘Super PAC’ backing Gingrich makes $6 million ad buy in Florida
With contributions coming in, allies of Newt Gingrich have just purchased $6 million in advertising in Florida, to further build up the former House speaker after his victory in South Carolina.
The first ad labels Romney as “the inventor of government run healthcare” suggesting he is allied with President Obama. The ad is paid for by Winning Our Future, a “super PAC” aligned with Gingrich.
The organization has received $10 million in donations from one couple, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, who have backed Gingrich since they met him in 1995 when legislation important to Israel passed the House.
Miriam Adelson, an Israeli physician, married Sheldon, who obtained a vast fortune in the gambling business. The Adelsons wrote their first check in the weeks before the South Carolina primary. They wrote a second $5 million check on Monday.
Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams said in an email statement: “Speaker Gingrich has demonstrated that he can’t tell the truth about his unprecedented ethics reprimand, his resignation in disgrace at the hands of his own party, and his work as a highly paid Washington lobbyist for Freddie Mac. It’s not a surprise that his allies can’t tell the truth either.”
tom.hamburger@latimes.com
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