Rick Santorum doubled down Sunday on his odd claim that the Obama administration’s Justice Department “seems to favor pornographers over children and families.”
Asked to defend the statement on CNN’s State of the Union, the candidate didn’t flinch, claiming the president’s DOJ has not prosecuted porn laws as vigorously as his predecessor’s DOJ.
“Well you have to look at the proof that’s in the prosecution. Under the Bush administration, pornographers were prosecuted much more rigorously under existing law than they are under the Obama administration. So you draw your conclusion,” Santorum said. “My conclusion is they have not put a priority on prosecuting these cases, and in doing so, they are exposing children to a tremendous amount of harm. And that to me says they’re putting the unenforcement of this law and putting children at risk as a result of that.”
