Newt Gingrich: Capitol Hill staffers ‘have never had a real job’

“Of course it’s the nature of the modern Congress, which hires lots of nice young staffers who have never had a real job, who spent their entire life being arrogant to visitors from back home, who end up thinking they know a lot because they stay up until 3 o’clock working on a word processor, and who write legislation as though they have some contact with reality,” he said, eliciting laughter.

Personnel is policy.