Gingrich vs. the Right on Apartheid: What Would You Have Done?

Where were the masses of conservatives opposing Apartheid?

Gingrich puts on his historian hat and puts Mandela in context.  Coates adds:

Newt Gingrich was among a cadre of conservatives who opposed the mainstream conservative stance on apartheid and ultimately helped override Reagan’s unconscionable veto of sanctions. At the time, Gingrich was allied with a group of young conservatives including Vin Weber looking to challenge Republican orthodoxy on South Africa. 

Worth a read.