TROY, MICHIGAN — At a speech before a tea party crowd brought here by Americans For Prosperity Saturday, Rick Santorum promised to attract votes in minority communities by promising them something other than food stamps.
“[I’ll] talk to minority communities not about giving them more food stamps and government dependency, but about creating jobs so that they can participate in the rise of this country,” Santorum told the crowd. The line drew big applause from the overwhelmingly white audience.
Connecting minorities too food stamps — or at least appearing to do so — has landed Santorum in hot water before. Back in Iowa, he was caught on tape saying what appeared to be “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money and provide for themselves and their families.”
He later explained he was saying “blah people“.
In Michigan Saturday, Santorum drew a much more stark line between minorities and government assistance.
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