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Tea Partiers Form Coalition for Newt

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100 leaders from 25 states to show their support.

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Rick Perry isn’t the only one slated to endorse Newt Gingrich today. A group of 100 tea party leaders from 25 states, calling themselves Tea Partiers with Newt, are expected to announce their support of the former House Speaker Thursday. According to the Daily Caller, the Gingrich campaign will send around a news release saying that the coalition will “help elect Newt and defeat Massachusetts Moderate Mitt Romney and then President Barack Obama.”

Read it at The Daily Caller