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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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Jan 2, 2019

Look, if there was a substantive reason why Democrats didn't want to support this wall, there might be a reason to bend. But it's not substantive.

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Jan 2, 2019

It's going to be obvious that the best way to do that is to do all the harassment, maybe even -- there may be some smoke of impeachment or even some discussion, but the idea of actually trying to force an impeachment resolution in the…

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Jan 2, 2019

I think the demographics for Republicans are a challenge, and I think the approach that Donald Trump has taken is really the solution to this problem, and that is to appeal to blue collar working people of all races, colors, creeds.

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Jan 2, 2019

So the idea that this is a policy discussion, it's not. This is purely political. I think the president in that regard has to stand firm.

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Jan 2, 2019

I don't see anything in the Mueller leaks and other information that's been out there that rises to this level at this point.

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Jan 2, 2019

The chance to beat Donald Trump is not going to be through impeachment.

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Dec 17, 2018

If you take Michael Flynn at his word in front of the judge, that he knew he was lying and deliberately lied -- again, I don't understand why he would have, it doesn't make sense to me.

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Dec 17, 2018

It just -- again, the only thing that makes sense to me on the face of it was, well, maybe he forgot. But now he stepped in front of 'judge and said, nope, I lied and I intended to.

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Dec 17, 2018

I think the judge had every right to be upset and to say -- well, I don't think it was treason, but I do believe it's a serious offense.

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Dec 17, 2018

I just can't wait for the Mueller -- this Mueller report to come out so some of the pieces start to fit together.

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Dec 12, 2018

I think Bob Mueller has a political motive here and I do believe the Justice Department is very much targeted in --

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Dec 12, 2018

the remedy here for -- with Donald Trump is if he's, quote, guilty of these campaign finance violations is to go after him through the impeachment process.

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Dec 12, 2018

The bottom line is here, I think the greatest damage that's been done is Donald Trump doing what you just said, out there spinning different story after different story, not telling the truth.

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Dec 12, 2018

If FEC violations, campaign finance violations being the cause when almost every political campaign has some sort of, you know, illegality when it comes to the way they operate their campaign.

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Nov 27, 2018

This is a quixotic venture on his part to show that, you know, he's standing up to the president because he's running -- he thinks he's running for president in 2020.

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Nov 27, 2018

The president is not going to sign that bill, and there's not enough to override the president's veto on this.

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Nov 27, 2018

I don't think most Republicans and I talked to a lot of them, are concerned the president is going to do anything to stop the Mueller investigation because they know that would be a cataclysmic disaster for the president to do.

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Nov 27, 2018

I think Rod Rosenstein has made a lot of bad decisions as deputy attorney general.

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Nov 26, 2018

I think what he was clearly saying is, look, we have done a good job in this country reducing air emissions and cleaning up things.

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Nov 26, 2018

The fact that the United States doesn't sign on to this doesn't stop China from doing things.

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Nov 26, 2018

It's absurd. At the worst-case scenario they say, it's a 10 percent reduction in economic -- you can't even tell us what the GDP is going to be next year.

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Nov 26, 2018

the side show that goes on every day in the White House has a corrosive effect on our ability to win races.

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Nov 26, 2018

I can't imagine my campaign manager meeting with him or being in Ecuador. But no, look, I wouldn't have anybody meet with Julian Assange, only because of the harm that he's done to the United States over the years and leaking classified…

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Nov 26, 2018

If I was advising, I would say not to do so and not to even speculate about doing so.

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