Political Quotes

Rick Santorum: “If the White House is going to object, they have a constitutional basis to do so. It needs to be litigated as it has…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2020
If the White House is going to object, they have a constitutional basis to do so. It needs to be litigated as it has been throughout the course of the history of this country, not by the Senate impeachment or not by the chief justice. It's litigated in court and probably at the Supreme Court and that takes time.
Said by
Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Santorum discusses the constitutional implications of the White House's objections to testimony and the need for litigation.

Share

More from Rick Santorum

Dec 22, 2020

I think this puts Republican, particularly two senators in Georgia in a very tough bind to have a president, you know, having voted for the National Defense Authorization Act now, having to decide whether they're going to buck the…

transcripts.cnn.com
Dec 27, 2020

I think the President just picked the wrong one. So I don't think that was a political wind shift. I just think he picked the wrong bill to veto.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jan 5, 2021

Let's try to make it a an opportunity for unity that he wants to accomplish.

transcripts.cnn.com
Apr 29, 2021

There isn`t much Native American culture in American culture.

msnbc.com

Other voices in this conversation