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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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Nov 14, 2019

I agree with 90 percent of what he does, 20 percent of what he says and this is one of the 80 percent that I don't agree with.

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Nov 5, 2019

The only thing that's being talked about in Congress right now by any Democrats for over a year has been impeaching the President and that's the big problem the Democrats are going to have.

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Nov 5, 2019

I look at my state of Pennsylvania and clearly the suburbs there are turning and they're not turning in our direction and Donald Trump is not a help in that regard, particularly amongst suburban women.

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Sep 24, 2019

Did you -- you guys need to read the transcript, because I'm listening to this throughout the whole show.

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Sep 24, 2019

I would agree with you that is bad judgment. I agree that the President should not have said that.

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Sep 16, 2019

It doesn't seem to me like he would be covered by executive privilege, but that doesn't mean that the president can't assert it and have it litigated.

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Sep 16, 2019

In sum, I think it was a very bad day for the House Democrats. It just looked desperate. It looked pathetic, frankly.

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Sep 10, 2019

I guarantee you neither candidate for president by the time November of 2020 rolls around will have a net positive favorability.

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Sep 10, 2019

If I was Trump, I'd be trumpeting this. I think it's a good sign for them.

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Aug 25, 2019

This is one of the things I scratch my head and wonder why the president doesn't see the obvious -- not just conflict of interest but how it could be used by his political opponents to undermine some of the good things that he's trying to…

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Aug 25, 2019

I hope that's not true and if it is true, I hope they put on end to it very quickly.

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Aug 25, 2019

I think the president paid a price. I mean, that's a story to be told, too.

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Aug 25, 2019

I think that's just who he is and it's inappropriate. He shouldn't do it.

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Aug 25, 2019

I think the president is responding to the Chinese advice that said they wanted in this trade dispute, they don't want escalation, they want to calm the resolution.

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Aug 25, 2019

I think the president has done I believe a very good job in getting China to the table here.

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Aug 25, 2019

I think the first two points are legitimate points. I mean, the fact is that the president should not be doing this. He shouldn't -- it would be a violation of the law as far as I understand it.

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Aug 22, 2019

I need your back. If I'm going to be able to stand up to the Chinese and fight the Chinese and win -- and look, as much as the economy is being hurt here in the U.S., it pails in comparison what is happening to China.

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Aug 22, 2019

this is a president that will try something different. You may say it's irrational. You may say it hurts our country, all those things may be true, but it's something different that may end up with a different result than we've been…

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Aug 22, 2019

the president has been chosen because he stepped forward, not because he's the messiah, because he actually chose to do this, to wage a fight that presidents in the past have passed upon and Democrats and Republicans have been urging…

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Aug 22, 2019

the long-term goal of dealing with China and they are undermining our economy is more important than 3 percent, I mean 2 percent versus 3 percent growth.

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Aug 7, 2019

I think it's really interesting that she said we'll work in a bipartisan way to do what we want, which is to pass our agenda.

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Aug 7, 2019

I have in principle no problem at all with red flags laws as long as there is due process that people can't arbitrarily get denied the opportunity to purchase a gun.

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