Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is a "big boy" who can
defend himself against people like the woman at a Santorum town hall
Monday, who called Obama an "avowed Muslim" who has no legal right to
call himself president.
The woman made the statement during a Santorum event in Lady Lake,
Florida, Santorum took a question from an unidentified woman who said,
"I never refer to Obama as president because legally he is not, and
well, he constantly says that our constitution is passé, and he totally
ignores it. As you know, he does what he darn well pleases. He is an
avowed Muslim, and my question is why isn't something being done to get
him out of our government. He has no legal right to be calling himself
president."
Santorum did not correct the woman who brought up this false claim.
Instead, he responded that indeed, he was trying to get Obama out of
government.
When asked by a reporter why he didn't correct the woman for calling
President Obama a Muslim, Senator Santorum said, "Why do you guys ask
these 'gotcha' questions like it's my job to go out and correct
everybody who says something I don't agree with? It's not my
responsibility, as a candidate, to correct everybody who makes a
statement that I disagree with. It's not my job to go out and defend the
president every time someone says something that I disagree with them.
It's a media 'gotcha' thing -- If a woman has an opinion that is
obviously not one that I have repeatedly said that I disagree with. At
every turn, I don't have to say that, OK?"
An AP reporter, Philip Elliott, later tweeted: "Santorum also says Obama "a big boy" who can "defend himself" from those like the birther who says POTUS is a Muslim."
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25 January 2012
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