While often an ardent defender of President Trump, former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum (PA) broke with Trump on Friday, and criticized the President for heaping praise on Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) for body slamming a reporter.
“I don’t think the President should be praising that,” Santorum told CNN on Friday. “Look, I have always been concerned about the President’s language on a lot of these things. I think the — I excuse a lot of that because the President uses a lot of hyperbole when he talks and I always say, ‘Don’t look at what the President says, look at what the President does, but the bottom line is this is not helpful, it’s not good.”
During a rally in Montana on Thursday evening, Trump hyped Gianforte, who pled guilty to assaulting Ben Jacobs, a reporter at The Guardian. The attack occurred on the eve of Gianforte’s election last year, when Jacobs approached him to ask him a question about healthcare.
“That’s my kind of guy,” Trump told supporters.
Santorum: Trump's praise for senator who body slammed reporter is "not helpful, it's not good." pic.twitter.com/ADK10nYVdX
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With all due respect, I have to say one of the two knows the Republican base better than the other does.
Words matter. Period. Words can incite crazy people to do crazy things. With some people, diplomacy is dead and they just roll on shooting off their mouth as if nothing will happen. What a great example for your kids.
First time I ever remotely agreed with Frothy, but perhaps at his advancing age, he can no longer hear dog whistles?
“and I always say, ‘Don’t look at what the President says, look at what the President does” Really, is that what you say you useless, sycophant tool?!
And now the best you can do is a weasley ‘that’s not helpful’?
Rick Santorum, a top level Republican wanker extraordinaire
Other things that aren’t helpful:
• Frothy appearing on CNN
• Frothy appearing
• Frothy