The best of Newt's GOP Twitter Debate

His opening statement via video:



Now onto the best tweets:

When you balance the budget there is no need to raise the debt ceiling. I am the only candidate who has balanced the budget. @140townhall

Balance budget again by growing economy, cutting spending and reforming govt. That’s how we did it before. We CAN do it again. @140townhall

We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor @140townhall

Controlling the border and defending America are job 1 under the Constitution. @140townhall

A three-parter:

My Jobs and Prosperity Plan: No tax increase, 100% expensing, reduce business tax to 12.5%, eliminate cap gains & death tax @140townhall

(cont.) Audit & reform Fed Reserve; repeal Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes Oxley, Comm Reinvestment Act; break up Freddie and Fannie @140townhall

(cont.) Repeal & replace Obamacare and fully develop American energy. These would all create jobs by REDUCING govt. @140townhall

Thanks again @140townhall. Earlier I asked you to be “with me,” not “for me” b/c the presidency alone cannot solve America’s challenges.

Returning America back to job creation, balanced budgets & limited govt will be a team effort. Join that team at Newt.org. @140townhall

You can view his Twitter feed here.

And Newt.org.

Newt later did another Google+ hangout -- his first can be seen here -- for those whose questions were not answered on Twitter.

When that video becomes available, I will post it.

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