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Newt Gingrich held a "tele-townhall" with around Iowa voters Thursday night as the former House Speaker attempted to battle back against a spate of negative attack ads airing against him in early voting states.

“I saw an article that said there have been so many negative mailings and so many negative hit pieces and so much negative ads, we just decided that between now and the Iowa caucuses, we would be available so we can tell the truth and make sure you understand the facts rather than the political attacks,” Gingrich said.

“I feel badly about having to have this kind of a phone call just to dispel negative things, as all of you know, I’ve tried very hard to campaign on a positive basis,” he added. “I’m going to continue my campaign on a positive basis but I’m regularly going to do these kinds of calls so people can ask any question they want to.”

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