Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich has come forward with statements defending the Pope from comments he made last week. With the backlash and criticism from Muslim leaders showing absolutely zero signs of going anyway anytime soon Clinton had this to say at a Cancer event on Wednesday, "It's just outrageous and offensive that people would be threatening violence against him based on what he said, especially when there is so much they should be working on together,”. Gingrich, who was appearing at the same event as Clinton, was a bit more direct with his statement, “I think what he said in his entire speech … is that Islam has to come to grips with having a genuine dialogue of mutual respect,"