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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg swiped back at Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich Thursday, telling reporters that he was too busy governing to worry about accusations from the former speaker that he had "bought" his position as mayor.

During a campaign stop in Iowa Wednesday, Gingrich said his campaign differed from well-funded efforts like those of Mayor Bloomberg and some of his Republican opponents.

"We don’t come from a background where we can buy a seat or buy, as Mayor Bloomberg did, buy the mayorship of New York,” Gingrich said. “I mean, if you just look at how much he spent, he just wrote a check and bought it.”

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