Rick Santorum

American politician and commentator · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1958 · age 68

Richard John Santorum is an American politician, attorney, author, and former CNN political commentator, who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was the Senate's third-ranking Republican during the final six years of his tenure.

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2012“MORGAN: But do you really - do you really - let me ask you this.”In their words20 January 2012, on Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN (; )Read the whole statement

2011“So the gay community said, "He's comparing gay sex to incest and polygamy, how dare he do this," and they have gone out on a, I would argue, jihad against Rick Santorum since then.”In their words26 August 2011Campaign stop in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 2011-08-26, quoted in citationRead the whole statement

“The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don't have enough workers to support the retirees.”In their words29 March 2011WSEZ interview, 2011-03-29, answering a caller's question, quoted in citationRead the whole statement

2003“The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that.”In their words7 April 2003Interview with the Associated Press, 2003-04-07Read the whole statement

1958Born10 May 1958

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Representative Santorum in 1991. Representatives Frank Riggs and John Boehner stand behind him.

Senate portrait, 1995

Santorum, Sen. Arlen Specter, and Rep. John Murtha watch President George W. Bush sign the Flight 93 National Memorial Act.

Santorum, at right, alongside seven other members of Congress and the Secretary of the Interior as President George W. Bush signs H.R. 6111, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006[35]

Santorum speaking at the Iowa State Fair in August 2011

Rick Santorum speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland on February 27, 2015

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Rick Santorum

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We have laws in states, like the one at the Supreme Court right now, that has sodomy laws and they were there for a purpose.
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What we say is that in order for Mom to be able to go on welfare if she has a child out of wedlock, you have to tell us who the father is.
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If Mom knows that she isn't gonna receive welfare if she doesn't tell us who Dad is, y'know maybe she'll be a little more careful, maybe.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania event, , quoted in citation, Own words