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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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Feb 16, 2012

This is a double standard. This is what you're pulling off. And I'm going to call you on it.

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Feb 16, 2012

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…

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Feb 16, 2012

When you quote a supporter of mine who tells a bad off-color joke and somehow I'm responsible for that, that's gotcha.

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Feb 14, 2012

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.

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Feb 14, 2012

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.

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Feb 14, 2012

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.

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Feb 14, 2012

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.

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Feb 13, 2012

Rick Santorum hoping for a big victory on Mitt Romney's home turf of Michigan.

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Feb 6, 2012

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…

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Feb 6, 2012

If Rick Santorum wins in Minnesota, winning in Missouri, that's going to be huge.

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Feb 6, 2012

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.

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