CBS News
By Rebecca Kaplan
July 5, 2015
Rick
Santorum said he didn't like Donald Trump's "verbiage" when he called
Mexican immigrants "rapists" in his presidential announcement speech,
but said he was raising
an important point by bringing up the effect that illegal immigration
has on American workers.
"While
I don't like the verbiage he's used, I like the fact that he is focused
on a very important issue for American workers and particularly, legal
immigrants in this
country," Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator and presidential
candidate said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday.
"People
who are coming illegally, obviously, are coming with a bad intent,
let's just be honest. They're coming with the clear intent of breaking
the law. I don't think
we can sugar coat that, but that doesn't mean that everybody who's
coming across is a rapist or a murderer or anything else," Santorum
said. "I think Donald points to a very important thing, which is we have
a serious problem of illegal immigration in this
country that is undermining American workers: by flattening out wages
and lowering the standard of living for those in the U.S. legally.
But he also said, "I certainly wouldn't have said those things. I don't agree with his comments, obviously."
Trump
has faced intense backlash and seen his business interests take a hit
for saying in his announcement speech that Mexico is "sending people
that have lots of problems...they're
bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I
assume, are good people."
As
for his personal feelings about Trump's presence in the presidential
race, Santorum said he is a "unique individual" and that, "he's not
someone that as I can say with
all the others who I would like to have as my president. That's why I'm
running for president."
Santorum
also weighed in on the Supreme Court decision from last month that
declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right. He criticized the
ruling as an undemocratic
declaration from the justices based on a "whim," an assault on
religious liberty, and something that will "put the nail in the coffin"
of the idea that the purpose of marriage is to have and raise children.
The
former senator said he has warned for years about the decline of the
American family. Asked whether same-sex couples could raise children to
be good citizens, Santorum
said that society must "orient ourselves toward what's best."
"What
we know what's best from thousands of years in human history is for
children to be raised with mothers and fathers, preferably but not
always, but preferably with
their biological mothers and fathers but certainly adoptive homes are
great and wonderful places, too," he said. "But if we are going to try
to aim for the best, then we have to have laws that orient society to
what's best."
He
says the current laws absolve fathers of the responsibility of raising
their children and provide things to mothers that make fathers less
necessary.
"We
really need to focus a lot more time and energy on reknitting the
American family...and allowing children to have the best opportunities
to succeed," he said in response
to a question from host John Dickerson about whether divorce and
out-of-wedlock births or same-sex marriage presents a greater challenge
to families.
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