February 3, 2016

Rick Santorum Endorses Marco Rubio for President

"He is a tremendously gifted young man and he is a leader. He is a born leader, and someone I feel a lot of confidence in that he is the new generation. And someone that can bring this country together."
- Senator Rick Santorum


FOX News' On The Record With Greta Van Susteren
Senator Rick Santorum
February 3, 2016


RICK SANTORUM: As I said, we decided that we want to do find a candidate that really espoused the values that we believed in. Someone who who really had focused their campaign on trying to help -- I always talked about the 74 percent of Americans who don't have a college degree, those who are struggling on the margins, the middle of America hollowing out. And understanding the central role of the family and supporting that opportunity. That family breakdown is one of the key reasons that middle is hollowing out. It's not just the lack of opportunities, talk about manufacturing and that important thing.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN:
You're killing all the political people out there. They are waiting for the name.

RICK SANTORUM:
And then the final thing, someone that has a real understanding of the threat of ISIS, a real understanding of the threat of fundamentalists Islam and has experience. One of the things I wanted was someone with experience in this area and that's why we decide to support Marco Rubio.

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I don't endorse lightly. As many people know, I have been at this for twenty-five years, that's not, unfortunately, an asset in this election cycle to have invested your life in trying to shape the future of our country. And I see a lot -- He is a tremendously gifted young man and he is a leader. He is a born leader, and someone I feel a lot of confidence in that he is the new generation. And someone that can bring this country together, not just moderates and conservatives, but young and old -- the ability to attract younger people, to have that optimistic message. In a sense, taken the wine I have have been trying to sell and putting it in new wine skins, and that can be a very powerful thing.

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