Rick Santorum says asking Trump to condemn right-wing extremists is unfair because they're his base

[Klaralven]

The Republican former Sen. Rick Santorum said that asking President Donald Trump to condemn right-wing extremists during Tuesday night's debate with Joe Biden was unfair because it meant alienating Trump's supporters.

Santorum, who in 2012 lost out to Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for president, appeared on CNN and suggested the debate moderator Chris Wallace set Trump up.

"The Democrats owe a lot to Chris Wallace," Santorum said. "He asked two questions, where he was asking the president to do something he knows the president doesn't like to do."

Asked to elaborate, Santorum said: "Which is say something bad about people who support him. Right?"

"Talking about the white supremacists, number one."

https://www.businessinsider.com/rick-santorum-trump-right-wing-extremists-voting-base-2020-9

[intrepidity]

1. Oops! nt

[BeckyDem]

3. Exactly right. Not often a slip like that is so truthful.

[Iliyah]

4. WTF . .

[MyOwnPeace]

5. Ricky's jealous...........

he doesn't have anybody that likes or supports him!

[FakeNoose]

10. Doesn't he still have the anti-choice crowd?

....well they call themselves pro-life, but we know they're anti-choice.
AFAIK that's the only group he ever had.

[uriel1972]

6. way to go Froth-and-Bubble...

keep 'helping' Trump I beg you.

[dawg]

7. Rick is a white supremacist himself.

Unless, of course, you believe him when he says he was talking about "blah" people instead of "black" people that time he got caught on tape.

[njhoneybadger]

8. Sir Frothyness is a fucking idiot

[CincyDem]

9. Well...it's called sanitorum for a reason, that's for sure. n/t

[beachbumbob]

11. rick is right, with the american nazis, trump support be 10%

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Why doesn't Trump just finish his sentence and tell everyone that

he not only wants the votes of The Proud Boys but that of the Ku Klux Klan as well. They're his base too.

[MH1]

13. Little Ricky Sansscrotum

Sorry, I can't help but call him that in my mind whenever I see him.

[Caliman73]

14. If Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, MRAs, and other righ wing extremists supported me...

1. I would have to seriously examine my thinking and message.
2. I would immediately say, "You guys are horrible, your beliefs are disgusting, and I do not want your support or anything to do with you".

Trump is a White Supremacist. He is a bigot and a bully, and Santorum is correct. He cannot afford to alienate that base of support.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. Wow, Rickie just continues to prove how stupid he really is

[Upthevibe]

16. Kick....n/t

[Gothmog]

17. From the SPLC

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