Rick Santorum, in his own words

Mark Matassa Jun 30, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Rick Santorum, in his own words</h1>
                <h2><p>Some politicians don’t need analysts or opponents to mock their positions. They do just fine on their own. Here’s Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a declared Republican presidential candidate, speaking about the Islamic State, immigration, education and more, in a Washington Post video. “If</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="290" scrolling="no" src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/c/embed/cac10bb8-03e3-11e5-93f4-f24d4af7f97d" width="500"></iframe></figure><p>Some politicians don’t need analysts or opponents to mock their positions. They do just fine on their own. Here’s Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a declared Republican presidential candidate, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/politics/rick-santorum-in-his-own-words/2015/05/26/cac10bb8-03e3-11e5-93f4-f24d4af7f97d_video.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">speaking about the Islamic State,</a> immigration, education and more, in a <em>Washington Post</em> video. “If these folks want to bring back a 7th century version of Islam,” says Santorum, “then my recommendation is, let’s load our bombers up and bomb them back to the 7th century!”</p>
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Some politicians don’t need analysts or opponents to mock their positions. They do just fine on their own. Here’s Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a declared Republican presidential candidate, speaking about the Islamic State, immigration, education and more, in a Washington Post video. “If these folks want to bring back a 7th century version of Islam,” says Santorum, “then my recommendation is, let’s load our bombers up and bomb them back to the 7th century!”

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