In a television interview yesterday, Newt Gingrich expressed his disgust at the cancellation of the workday for Federal employees due to bad weather, saying that the closure was

“…  on account of an insignificant dusting of snow. The weather was so mild that no one in Denver or Minneapolis would have noticed it.  Federal employees – who we had been told throughout the shutdown were eager to go to work – suddenly had another paid day off.

I went to an 8am breakfast next to the White House.  The roads were clear (and empty, as everyone stayed home).  We had 15 people on time at 8am.  There was no snow accumulating at the White House.

Then I drove out to Dulles Airport with no problems.  There were 200 people at that meeting.  Everyone also made it to our business meeting at work later in the day, and one person even flew in that morning.

So, the private sector kept moving through the light snow, earning the tax money to pay the federal workers who couldn’t manage to make their way through the flurries.”

The full report, via NewsMax, can be found HERE.