He disagreed with our group of activist Republicans in Congress over tactics , not over the aim of ending the institution . George Gingrich : A few conservatives objected to my tribute to Nelson Rockefeller . He was asking what would they have done were they in Mandela 's position . Liberals have wrongly said that Ronald Reagan supported the apartheid regime . Gingrich : Reagan opposed apartheid as a change of tactics but was anti - apartheid .
George Gingrich : A few conservatives objected to my tribute to Nelson Rockefeller . He was asking what would they have done were they in Mandela 's position . Liberals have wrongly said that Ronald Reagan supported the apartheid regime . Gingrich : Reagan opposed apartheid as a change of tactics but was anti - apartheid .