Ron Paul Releases Anti-Gingrich Ad

The Ron Paul campaign released a web ad Thursday bashing former Speaker of the House and Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich for “serial hypocrisy.”

The nearly two minute and thirty second long video montage depicts Gingrich appearing alongside then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsing climate change action. It continues to show Gingrich calling for jail sentences for politicians who benefitted from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac followed by news footage reporting that Gingrich earned over $1 million while advising the company.

“Our campaign is making a bold move to debunk the myth that the Newt we are seeing on the 2012 campaign trail is the conservative he has been touted to be all along,” Jesse Benton, the Chair of Paul’s 2012 campaign said in a statement. “Voters are seeking authenticity among conservatives who are able to show a decades-long career of consistently walking the walk of Constitutional principles, limited government, and promoting sound money and economic policy.  Ron Paul is the only Republican presidential candidate with that record.”

Gingrich has risen in the polls in recent weeks to be the top rival against GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney. When Texas Governor Rick Perry rocketed to the front of the Republican field in previous months, the Paul campaign played a similarly antagonistic role.