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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 08:04 PM Mar 2019

Rick Santorum desperately trying to sound like he's reasonable and a Trump supporter

... “I think the idea of closing the border is a bad idea. I understand why the president’s doing it. He’s upset with Mexico. He has every reason to be upset with Mexico," Santorum said during a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union."

Santorum added that Mexico "could solve this problem" at the border, arguing that it isn't doing enough to stop Central American migrants from approaching the U.S.

"<Trump> sort of flails and makes what I think are not particularly helpful charges against Mexico. But the core of the problem is Mexico and he needs to go after them," Santorum said ..


Santorum says Trump's threats to close border 'a bad idea'
BY MICHAEL BURKE - 03/31/19 01:27 PM EDT
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/436639-santorum-says-trumps-threats-to-close-border-a-bad-idea
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Rick Santorum desperately trying to sound like he's reasonable and a Trump supporter (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2019 OP
I'm pretty sure that "reasonable Trump supporter" is an oxymoron... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #1
+ struggle4progress Mar 2019 #2

Wounded Bear

(58,649 posts)
1. I'm pretty sure that "reasonable Trump supporter" is an oxymoron...
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 08:14 PM
Mar 2019

For Santorum, you can leave off the "oxy" part.

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