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Gingrich Sums Up Right-Wing Hostility Toward The U.N.: They Disagree With Us Sometimes | It’s no secret that the right wing in the United States despises the United Nations. Conservatives are perhaps still reeling that the U.N. didn’t give the Bush administration its blessing to invade Iraq (which of course turned out to be smart advice). Nevertheless, Republicans in Congress have continued their campaign against the U.N. Just last month, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced legislation to defund the world body in response to the Palestinian bid for U.N. statehood recognition. But last night during the Fox News/Google GOP presidential debate, Newt Gingrich boiled down the conservative ire toward the U.N.: sometimes member states disagree with the United States. “I think when you have countries that vote against you in the United Nations consistently,” Gingrich said, “you really have to ask yourself, ‘Why are you giving them anything?’” Watch the clip: