One might think that memorializing Pearl Harbor, one of the deadliest and most infamous days in American history and the beginning of the U.S.’s military involvement in World War II, shouldn’t be that hard for a politician.
But apparently it was all too hard for Newt Gingrich.
The former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate sent out three tweets Wednesday, and none of them mentioned the 2,403 Americans who died during Japan’s surprise attack in 1941, or even used the words “Pearl Harbor.” Instead, Gingrich chose to reflect on how, “75 years ago, the Japanese displayed professional brilliance and technological power launching surprises from Hawaii to the Philippines.”