But not from Rick Santorum, the twice-failed GOP presidential candidate who on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” actually described Trump’s televised fearmongering about immigration as “a win for the president, and on several fronts.”
Santorum praised Trump for showing “a softer side,” for making “a more compassionate argument” for his wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and for toning down his rhetoric in a clip shared online by Media Matters:
“We need this, the presidential Donald Trump, the Donald Trump who actually thought through this speech, worked with people, worked with his Homeland Security people and put a presentation together,” added Santorum, who was immediately criticized on Twitter:
Yes, because reading a list of the grim details of horrific crimes is the softer side. Why the eff do you pay him to appear on your network?
— (((David Lytle))) (@davitydave) January 9, 2019
Rick Santorum are you really that stupid to say Trump showed a softer side of himself. As long as he read and stay on script is the soft side please. Stop getting on TV making excuses for him, that all you do no matter what he does or say. No wonder you got voted out of office.
— Randy Brown (@loonewolf24) January 9, 2019
Hey Santorum…delusional much??? Softer side???🤣🤣🤣
— Kath B #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica (@kbrontsema) January 9, 2019
The only “softer side” that Rick Santorum recognizes is when he ingloriously sucks up to Donnie compounded by his hypocritical Christianity.
— Mike C. Erickson (@mikecerick) January 9, 2019
He didn’t lie as much. Jesus
— 🌊Withstand🌊Oppose🌊Resist🌊Persevere (@pmcgil43) January 9, 2019