2013 Gingrich campaign phone call (CAT-J)

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Newt Gingrich: Hello? C-Can you guys hear me? Hey? Hello?

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Steve King: Loud and clear, Mr. President!

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Bob McDonnell: Yeah, we can hear you. It's 4 in the [EXPLETIVE] morning, what could you possibly want? The election is over, and I'm tired of this denial [EXPLETIVE]. You wake me up for no reason when I have to attend the swearing in of the next congre-

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Mr. Gingrich: Shut up. Shut up. Congress is being sworn in in 8 hours and I want to do something to show we mean business about winning this election.

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Mr. McDonnell: We lost. Unless you mean business around conceding, I don't want to hear-

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Mr. Gingrich: Shush. Hush. Shhhh. Shhhh. It's alright. Shhhh. It's alright baby boy. You're safe with daddy Gingy, yes you are ... yes you are! Coochie coochie coo!

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Mr. McDonnell: [EXPLETIVE]

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Mr. King: I thin-

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Mr. McDonnell: You shut the [EXPLETIVE] up, King. Represent my [EXPLETIVE]. Lock your doors and your windows tonight.

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Mr. Gingrich: No, guys, we need to do something about the election.

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Mr. McDonnell: Concede?

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Mr. King: [unintelligible]

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Mr. Gingrich: I concede that it's going to be over for your cheeks if you don't [EXPLETIVE] off.

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Mr. McDonnell: You are the worst rabid animal I have ever had the displeasure of working with.

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Mr. King: [unintelligible]

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Mr. Gingrich: Representative King, I believe your microphone's cutting off. I can't hear a thing you're saying. Representative King?

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Mr. King: [unintelligible]

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Mr. McDonnell: [EXPLETIVE] zoo creature, cave-dwelling psychopath, banging rocks together-

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[unintelligible chatter]

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Mr. McDonnell: [unintelligible] ...just discovered fire...

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Mr. Gingrich: I'll rip your [EXPLETIVE] off and feed them to you...

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Mr. McDonnell [EXPLETIVE]

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Mr. Gingrich: [EXPLETIVE ding dong, your extra chromosomes have arrived, my good sir. Dirty [EXPLETIVE]

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Mr. McDonnell: [EXPLETIVE] monkey, I could jingle keys in front of your face and you'd drool, [unintelligible] you watch out, babyface!

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[unintelligible shouting]

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Mr. Gingrich: You're going to be sore for days, Governor, [raising voice over unintelligible screaming] one hundred and fifty presidential backshots...

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Mr. McDonnell: Na na na na na, I can't hear you! Na na na na na, na na na na na na. Na na na...

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Mr. Gingrich: Awh. Awh. Be like that. [unintelligible] I'm going to rip that side sweep off your shiny dome... [unintelligible] [EXPLETIVE]

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Mr. King: Gingrich, I like you. Don't come to the Capitol tomorrow.

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Mr. Gingrich: Shut up. Shut up. Thanks. I don't care anymore. I really don't. I never liked you guys anyways, you were always on my case when it was never that deep.

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Mr. McDonnell: [unintelligible]

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Mr. Gingrich: It never was! [EXPLETIVE] ...It wasn't. It just wasn't. It wasn't. It wasn't... [unintelligible sobbing] It wasn't.

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*Mr. Gingrich hangs up the call, sound believed to be crying stops*

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Mr. McDonnell: [EXPLETIVE]

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Mr. King: I really think we could...

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Mr. McDonnell: Hey, bald boy, take a hike!

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*Mr. McDonnell hangs up the call*

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Mr. King: [quiet, seemingly away from phone] They're so mean to me. I swear I'll show them all tomorrow. I'll make them pay. I swear. I promise. [unintelligible sobbing] I will!-

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