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“Pure democracies are not the way to run a country,” the former senator and one-time presidential candidate said.
The former senator joins the pro-Trump outlet months after CNN canned him for his racist remarks about Native Americans.
Making his first on-air appearance since he was fired, Santorum leaned hard into right-wing grievance culture on Monday as he complained about the “intolerance of the left.”
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Pressure has been mounting on the network to do something about its political commentator, who said there was “nothing” in America before white people showed up.
“I apologize to the viewers who were insulted by it,” Lemon said moments after Santorum appeared on Chris Cuomo's program and showed no contrition over his Native American remarks.
I got four warnings there. Reza Aslan and Octavia Nasr and Marc Lamont Hill didn’t get off with just warnings. Rick Santorum seems to be just fine. Can you spot the difference?
The former Pennsylvania senator drew widespread criticism for waving away Native American genocide and the many indigenous contributions to modern America.
After letting the president lie to the American people about “winning” re-election, cable news anchors united in denouncing his “undemocratic” speech.
Needless to say, Santorum’s comments caused quite a stir on the CNN set.
“Don’t make the claim that he interrupted her repeatedly, because he didn’t interrupt her repeatedly!” Santorum shouted without a sense of irony.