"I think the Congress has the ability to declare the area a national battlefield memorial because I think we should think of the World Trade Center as a battlefield site; this is a war," he said, apparently thinking that if Ground Zero was a national park, Park51 would be restricted from building near it.
And if that fails, he said, the state government should step in and use its considerable power to stymie the development.
"The Attorney General of New York, Andrew Cuomo, could intervene because frankly he has the ability to slow it down for decades if he wants to."
And, if the federal government doesn't intervene, and the state government declines to use its regulatory and enforcement powers to delay a private development project, Gringrich says the mayor should step in.
"I am surprised that Mayor Bloomberg said it was okay and I think that if he reconsiders it, he'll decide its not."
In fact, on whatever level, Gingrich thinks government intervention is the answer.
"There are a number of different steps that could be taken. There's no reason this has to occur and whether it's city, state, or federal there are plenty of ways for America to stop it," Gingrich said.So, to recap the Newt Gingrich/Republican stance on federal government, eminent domain and seizing land arbitrarily, Newt Gingrich as President of the United States would be all for government abusing its power on a federal, state, and local level to deny certain private citizens from using the land lawfully just because he doesn't agree with their views.
However, Obama is a fascist.
Glad we could clear this up.
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