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Rick Santorum

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Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his conservative positions on social issues, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure, Santorum was involved in various legislative efforts, including those related to healthcare and education reform. He gained national prominence during his 2012 presidential campaign, where he focused on issues such as economic growth and family values.

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Mar 6, 2018

I'm not suggesting that it shouldn't be a huge deal, and I'm not suggesting... that somehow there's a moral equivalency between what Donald Trump did 10 years before he was President and what Bill Clinton did in the White House with an…

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Mar 6, 2018

If President Obama -- if it had been revealed that he had paid off somebody for $130,000 before becoming President in the final days of a campaign, wouldn't that be a huge deal on the right?

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Mar 6, 2018

I would say, yes, you're going to get more conflict, more rowdiness out of the Trump group, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're bad.

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Jan 29, 2018

The best Cory Booker could come up with when why the President should testify is, he is quote 'relevant to the investigation'.

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Jan 29, 2018

I think Republicans are frustrated that the media is certainly continuing to focus on Russia and is completely ignoring this other story.

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Jan 29, 2018

There's evidence of problems in the FBI. There's evidence of problems in the Justice Department.

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Jan 21, 2018

The bottom line is that people who are here illegally are here illegally.

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Jan 21, 2018

What Republicans are asking for here, what Donald Trump is asking for is something very, very reasonable.

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Jan 17, 2018

I think he's right that the president -- and Mitch McConnel's right. The president needs to show more leadership of what he wants.

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Dec 18, 2017

The vast majority of Americans are going to get a tax reduction starting in January.

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Dec 11, 2017

I think that was a very smart move. And, you know, I'm concerned about the 30 percent African-American turnout, but I think that may be driven more by a lot of whites staying home.

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Dec 11, 2017

I think there will be tremendous pressure for him to resign. If he doesn't do it, I think they will expel him.

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Dec 11, 2017

I think if this race is dead heat, according to the exit polls, I think Roy Moore is the winner.

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Dec 11, 2017

I don't think that Steve is going to come out of this in better shape given the travails of what his candidate has put his party and is going to put this party through if he's successful.

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Dec 11, 2017

When I said he was exemplary, I'm talking about his personal life. You're talking about public policy positions he has which I don't agree with.

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Dec 11, 2017

This is about the Supreme Court. I mean, that's a very, very important thing. It's the reason Donald Trump won the election and got the evangelical vote he got because of the Supreme Court.

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Dec 11, 2017

The split in the evangelical community is largely younger versus older.

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Dec 11, 2017

Roy Moore was a weak candidate when it came to this beyond issues of the sexual harassment charges.

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Dec 11, 2017

I mean, the Senate is not going to look into as an ethics matter what the president did because the president isn't a senator.

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Dec 11, 2017

If Roy Moore wins tonight that there will be an ethics investigation.

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Nov 6, 2017

But it's not Ed's fault. That's -- I mean you're blaming it on Ed and I just don't think it's Ed's fault.

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Nov 6, 2017

I think the bottom line is Donald Trump is not delivering on what he said he was going to deliver on and that's the problem. And he needs to deliver.

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Nov 6, 2017

Yes, it was Trump's, you know, Twitter, and all that kind, but they didn't get healthcare done.

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