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.
I mean, President Obama is going to turn around and say, what are you criticizing me for? I mean, this is your plan.
It's really interesting, Governor, because the process you just described of an open process, where members of Congress put forth their -- their suggestions on how to spend money, have it voted on individually, is exactly how the process…
I think we laid out our vision for the country and why we're the best to take on President Obama and the best person to make the kind of change that is necessary in Washington.
I think the governor is just misinformed. And he's making points that just simply fall flat.
This is what the president's agenda, it's not about you. It's not about you. It's not about your quality of life, it's not about your jobs. It's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the bible, a…
The president of the United States is exercising his values and trumping the values of the church.
This is a double standard. This is what you're pulling off. And I'm going to call you on it.
This is what you guys do. I mean, I don't -- you don't do this with president Obama, in fact with president Obama, what you did was, you went out and defended him against somebody who he had in a church for, for 20 years and defended him…
When you quote a supporter of mine who tells a bad off-color joke and somehow I'm responsible for that, that's gotcha.
I never questioned whether the state had the right to do it. It's not a constitutional right. The state has a right to pass whatever statutes they have.
I think this is a national issue. We can't have two marriage laws. We have to have consistency in what marriage is. I think we need to have a national discussion about it and develop a national policy.
I just said I think this is a national issue, that we can't have two marriage laws. We have to have consistency in what marriage is. And I think we need to have a national discussion about it and develop a national policy.
The state has a right to do that. I never questioned whether the state has a right to do that. It's not a constitutional right. The state has the law -- has a right to pass whatever -- whatever statutes they have.
Rick Santorum hoping for a big victory on Mitt Romney's home turf of Michigan.
Conservatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota. Your votes today were not just heard loud and wide across the state of Missouri and Minnesota, but they were heard loud and louder all across this country.
I never thought as a first-generation American whose parents and grandparents loved freedom and came here because they didn't want the government telling them what to believe and how to believe it. That we had a first amendment that…
If Rick Santorum wins in Minnesota, winning in Missouri, that's going to be huge.
Tonight was a victory for the voices of our party, conservatives and Tea Party people, who are out there every single day in the vineyards, building the conservative movement in this country, building the base of the Republican Party, and…
If we're going to be the alternative to Barack Obama, we've got to show we can win in places around this country.
Ladies and gentlemen, we need a president who listens to the American people.





