In the Moms Matter segment with Newt Gingrich, he was asked to talk about his mother. The question was something that makes you think of your mom and how she has influenced you. Gingrich immeadiately got teary-eyed because his mother is no longer living. This surprised me, because I had never really seen Gingrich even act like he had feelings.
He right away went into telling the audience that his mother was a beautiful singer in the church choir, and that she made him sing in the choir when he was very young. He then started telling the audience, that later in her life she was in a long term health facility, for bipolar disorder and severe depression and also some physical issues. He said that his mother being in a facility like that introduced him to quality long term care, which became very important to him. Gingrich said his ideas on the brain issues, comes from his real life family problems.
Gingrich was then asked "if your mother was here today, what would she tell you?". He said she would be his number 1 fan, and she would be telling the whole audience to vote for him. She was very proud of her son and his work.
Gingrich's tears showed the audience, that he really does have a different side to him than that of when he is on stage during a debate saying some ridiculous things. One woman from the audience actually got up to give the speaker a tissue when he was done speaking.
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