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Rick Santorum
stated on April 13, 2020 on CNN

"The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China."

By Jessica Calefati • April 14, 2020

Rick Santorum
stated on September 3, 2017 a CNN interview

"We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country."

By Manuela Tobias • September 6, 2017

Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017

Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines

"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."

By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher

The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."

By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher.

"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."

By Linda Qiu • September 1, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage."

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 10, 2015 a speech to the NRA

Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America."

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation."

"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."

By Katharina Fiedler • April 13, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation."

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."

By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on July 13, 2014 a "Meet the Press" pundit panel

"We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)"

By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on July 13, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law."

By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union."

The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."

By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention

President Obama’s education "solution" includes an effort to "nationalize curriculum."

By Amy Sherman • August 30, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa

When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 a convention speech

Says President Obama has waived "the work requirement for welfare."

By Molly Moorhead • August 29, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in a speech in Wisconsin

"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."

By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on March 26, 2012 an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report"

"Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate."

By Molly Moorhead • March 29, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on March 25, 2012 a campaign appearance in Wisconsin

Says Mitt Romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline."

By Molly Moorhead • March 28, 2012

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