Romney Smear Merchants claim Newt Gingrich Supported "China’s one-child policy"; Newt Threatens Lawsuit

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has threatened to sue dozens of television stations if they run a political attack ad that says he supported China’s one-child policy.

The ad, produced by the Restore Our Future Super PAC which supports Mitt Romney, is “fundamentally false and misleading,” according to a letter sent by Atlanta lawyer Patrick Millsaps to stations in Gingrich’s home state of Georgia.

The letter points out that the Tampa Bay Times website, Politifact, had given the ad a “Pants on Fire” rating, something Millsaps described as “a brand of abject falsity.”