As the candidates in Tuesday’s GOP undercard debate were asked to weigh in on Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from immigrating into the United States, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) defended Trump by arguing his ban targeted President Obama’s policies, not Muslims.
“What Donald Trump was saying was nothing against Muslims. His comment was against this administration who doesn’t have a policy to properly vet people coming into this country,” Santorum said. He suggested that people were piling on “maybe from the polls” and that Trump was bringing up “a legitimate issue.”
“The fact of the matter here is not all Muslims are jihadists and no one, including I suspect Donald Trump, would say that. But the reality is all jihadists are Muslims. That’s the reality,” Santorum said. “We have to stop worrying about offending some people and start defending all Americans. Because we’re not right now.”
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