Newt Gingrich pounced on challenger Ron Paul today for controversial newsletters containing racist, anti-gay slurs.

The newsletters published by the Texas congressman for years contained hateful language about blacks and gays and comments describing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a “world class adulterer.”

Gingrich today called on Paul to defend the racist sentiments.

“I think that Congressman Paul has to explain his own situation and how he could have had a decade of newsletters that had his name on it that he apparently wasn’t aware of,” Gingrich said.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/gingrich-attacks-ron-paul-on-controversial-newsletters/