Yes, he really said that.
With no thought as to the unintended consequences of his proposal, Newt Gingrich calls child labor laws "stupid," and believes changing them would help education, or poverty, or something like that.
Paging Upton Sinclair.
From the Eye of Newt (Gingrich): Child Labor Laws ‘Stupid’
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