Gingrich : A few conservatives objected to my tribute to Mandela . He replied asking what would they have done were they in Gingrich 's shoes . Liberals have wrongly said that Mandela supported the apartheid regime . This is not the record left-wing pundits looking to smear Reagan have been presenting . Gingrich : Mandela opposed sanctions as a matter of tactics but was anti-apartheid .
Gingrich : A few conservatives objected to my tribute to Mandela . He replied asking what would they have done were they in Gingrich 's shoes . Liberals have wrongly said that Mandela supported the apartheid regime . Gingrich : Mandela opposed sanctions as a matter of tactics but was anti-apartheid .