--- title: Newt Gingrich Is the Secret Master of Facebook Live description: The former House Speaker spoke live from Minneapolis in his latest live video canonical: https://time.com/4311717/newt-gingrich-facebook-live/ author: Kirsten Salyer article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-28T20:58:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:07:46.176Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Newt Gingrich Is the Secret Master of Facebook Live og:description: He goes full stream-of-conscious—and it's glorious og:url: https://time.com/4311717/newt-gingrich-facebook-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56fc60c78c7531f1/6988911d428a9eba4ccd26c5/newt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gives the keynote address during the Georgia Republican Party Victory Dinner in Macon, Georgia, on May 13, 2011. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Newt Gingrich Is the Secret Master of Facebook Live twitter:description: He goes full stream-of-conscious—and it's glorious twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56fc60c78c7531f1/6988911d428a9eba4ccd26c5/newt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Newt Gingrich Is the Secret Master of Facebook Live > Sponsored content. 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Jessica McGowan—Getty Images  by [Kirsten Salyer](https://time.com/author/kirsten-salyer/)  ## Kirsten Salyer Apr 28, 2016 8:58 PM UTC At 4:04 p.m. Newt Gingrich [tweeted](https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/725777835953164290) that he was going on [Facebook Live](https://www.facebook.com/newtgingrich/videos/vb.19182454196/10154111359679197/?type=2&theater) in the most recent of what seems to be a running [series](https://www.facebook.com/newtgingrich/?fref=photo) of Facebook Live updates. By the time he finished talking at 4:25 p.m., the video was streaming to more than 1,000 viewers. In his close-up, the former House Speaker and presidential candidate touched upon a range of topics including his memories of THOMAS (a legislative website that he helped create and that the Library of Congress is [retiring](https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/28/thomas-loc-retired.aspx) this summer), his thoughts on CSPAN, the topic of his next newsletter, Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech (which will be included as a link in his next newsletter) and Woodrow Wilson’s legacy. It was a laudable example of a politician taking advantage of new technology to connect with his fans. It was also a rambling, glorious example of how not to [take a selfie](http://motto.time.com/4205365/iphone-photos-how-to-take-better-2/) video. (NB: Not with the bottom half of your face missing.\*) After his monologue, he took questions, and compliments. “You are the reason I know how to use email. You used it on CSPAN,” he read from one commenter. “It is amazing how modern technology works,” Gingrich replied. Indeed. \* To be fair, Gingrich ended the stream with a promise to do a better job of holding the camera next time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4311717/newt-gingrich-facebook-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4311717/newt-gingrich-facebook-live/"},"headline":"Newt Gingrich Is the Secret Master of Facebook Live","datePublished":"2016-04-28T20:58:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:07:46.176Z","description":"He goes full stream-of-conscious—and it's glorious","url":"https://time.com/4311717/newt-gingrich-facebook-live/","keywords":["politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56fc60c78c7531f1/6988911d428a9eba4ccd26c5/newt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kirsten Salyer","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kirsten-salyer/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56fc60c78c7531f1/6988911d428a9eba4ccd26c5/newt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gives the keynote address during the Georgia Republican Party Victory Dinner in Macon, Georgia, on May 13, 2011.","caption":"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gives the keynote address during the Georgia Republican Party Victory Dinner in Macon, Georgia, on May 13, 2011.","creditText":"Jessica McGowan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4311717/newt-gingrich-facebook-live/","name":"Newt Gingrich Is the Secret Master of Facebook Live"}}]}] ```