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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:25 PM Feb 2017

Rick Santorum: Trump can lie about the murder rate because he's not 'bound by all the facts'

Source: RawStory



DAVID EDWARDS
08 FEB 2017 AT 11:01 ET

Conservative CNN contributor Rick Santorum excused President Donald Trump for lying about the U.S. murder rate by arguing that the president’s false statements come from “emotion” instead of being “bound by all the facts.”

During a meeting with sheriffs on Tuesday, Trump falsely claimed that “the murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years.”

On Wednesday, Santorum admitted that the murder rate had actually fallen over that period. “But you can’t ignore the horrible violence we’re seeing in our major cities,” he insisted. CNN host Poppy Harlow wondered if Trump was doing “a disservice to the American people” by saying “something that is just absolutely not true.”

“I’m not going to defend Donald Trump’s recitation of the facts,” Santorum replied. “I think Trump speaks more from emotional and how he’s feeling than he does necessarily being bound by all the facts.”



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/rick-santorum-trump-can-lie-about-the-murder-rate-because-hes-not-bound-by-all-the-facts/
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Rick Santorum: Trump can lie about the murder rate because he's not 'bound by all the facts' (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
That's not reassuring, Ricky. Kber Feb 2017 #1
He's no doubt in line to replace Spicer or whoever wordpix Feb 2017 #30
WTF..k is he on the air? underpants Feb 2017 #2
Ricky is a good little nazi Botany Feb 2017 #3
I immediately thoughht of the KatyMan Feb 2017 #63
Do tell, Mr. Holier-Than-Thou Opus Dei Frothy Mixture. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #4
Trump's slanders violate 1 of the 10 Commandments. raging moderate Feb 2017 #49
You really get to see the 'religious' values of the repugs showcased, as they back Mc Mike Feb 2017 #50
Which one hasn't he violated????? #6 MAYBE????? Motley13 Feb 2017 #55
Sorry Ricky, we are all bound by the facts. Especially a government official. The Wielding Truth Feb 2017 #5
I see the santorum has floated to the top of the bowl again. JTFrog Feb 2017 #6
Yeah he's a real floater. 47of74 Feb 2017 #17
Thread winner! NastyRiffraff Feb 2017 #38
hehehe get the plunger hibbing Feb 2017 #43
"Not bound by all the facts." yallerdawg Feb 2017 #7
assfroth admits to stupidity, then goes and double downs on it. nt Javaman Feb 2017 #8
"assfroth admits to stupidity" MyOwnPeace Feb 2017 #12
assfroth 47of74 Feb 2017 #18
Google "Santorum." nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #35
Yes, I have. And I know what comes up then. 47of74 Feb 2017 #47
These people have some sorta Brain Disease ! Cryptoad Feb 2017 #9
It's not very comforting to know that the man with the NUCLEAR CODES isn't bound by facts... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #10
Santorum has once again proven that he along with #45 lack integrity. Chicago1980 Feb 2017 #11
Who needs facts when making policy anyway? Eugene Feb 2017 #13
Wait A Minute!!! RobinA Feb 2017 #14
Literally, hysterical. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #15
+1 ck4829 Feb 2017 #25
+1000 NastyRiffraff Feb 2017 #39
"recitation of the facts" - alternative facts - lies keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #16
Emotion does not trump reality. Period. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #19
BTW, Trump has told this lie several times before, on the campaign trail, and was factchecked progree Feb 2017 #20
The latest in truthiness. N/t BadgerKid Feb 2017 #21
Wow Solly Mack Feb 2017 #22
Exactly! drumpf lies to try and convince everyone that his emotional preferences lark Feb 2017 #23
But I thought Trump was about negotiation and being smart, not about emotions and feelings? ck4829 Feb 2017 #24
NOTHING he will do NOTHING will matter to these people Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #26
Dissing Liz Warren last night was proof in the pudding. riversedge Feb 2017 #28
It really is JUST that simple. NT MontanaMama Feb 2017 #41
as a fundie preacher he knows all about lying dembotoz Feb 2017 #27
he must be angling for a job. yurbud Feb 2017 #29
Gotta love the cover that repubes are giving trump and his non-stop lies. Paladin Feb 2017 #31
Wait, I thought liberals were emotional and feeling IronLionZion Feb 2017 #32
This is what happens when you live in a world where facts don't matter. Initech Feb 2017 #33
What's another word for not being "bound by the facts?" neeksgeek Feb 2017 #34
So the "Christian" thinks lying is cool Bradical79 Feb 2017 #36
Facts have a liberal bias. muntrv Feb 2017 #37
Ricky - every time teh POTUS lies jpak Feb 2017 #40
OMG. You made me laugh MontanaMama Feb 2017 #42
Emission granted jpak Feb 2017 #44
You did NOT MontanaMama Feb 2017 #45
... orangecrush Feb 2017 #46
Craven, venal, simpering little puke of a bigot. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2017 #48
I heard Rick Santorum had an affair with a sheep. Glamrock Feb 2017 #51
A President can't be given a license to lie. no_hypocrisy Feb 2017 #52
trump should be bound - and gagged. nt El Mimbreno Feb 2017 #53
Ummm . . . that's kind of the root of the problem. Vinca Feb 2017 #54
Well let's put him in jail and tell him he's not bound by all the bars. JTFrog Feb 2017 #56
Doesn't like being bound by facts??? PatrickforO Feb 2017 #57
Facepalm! These people are unbelievable! Nitram Feb 2017 #58
a very very very vile thing Santorum is Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #59
Those damn pesky facts do, you have to admit, packman Feb 2017 #60
"50 Shades of Trump: Bound By Facts." Watch as The Donald tries to whip CNN into submission! WinkyDink Feb 2017 #61
Really!! burrowowl Feb 2017 #62
Someone who is not bound by facts is delusional. Thor_MN Feb 2017 #64
Don Don is living proof that you CAN Joe Chi Minh Feb 2017 #65

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
4. Do tell, Mr. Holier-Than-Thou Opus Dei Frothy Mixture.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:29 PM
Feb 2017

Whatta nazi nutjob. Typical G O Pee er 'christian'.

raging moderate

(4,308 posts)
49. Trump's slanders violate 1 of the 10 Commandments.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:37 AM
Feb 2017

Last edited Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:15 AM - Edit history (2)

Thou shalt not bear false witness against anyone. Better start reading your Bible again, Mr. Holier-Than-Thou Santorum.

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
50. You really get to see the 'religious' values of the repugs showcased, as they back
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:07 AM
Feb 2017

the blatantly un-religious and sacreligious dRumpf.

The 'christians' love him, because even though he has zero religion, knows nothing about religion, has no morals or values, he hates everyone. And that's all whited sepulchers like Santorum care about.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
55. Which one hasn't he violated????? #6 MAYBE?????
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:28 AM
Feb 2017


The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV)
1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
3 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
4 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
5 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
6 “You shall not murder.
7 “You shall not commit adultery.
8 “You shall not steal.
9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.”





yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
7. "Not bound by all the facts."
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:33 PM
Feb 2017

A defining characteristic of Republicanism.

With their new "Liar-in-Chief" I reckon they want to own it now.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
10. It's not very comforting to know that the man with the NUCLEAR CODES isn't bound by facts...
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:41 PM
Feb 2017

... and he can just start a global thermonuclear war simply because he's "emotional" and because he's "not bound by facts".

Eugene

(61,945 posts)
13. Who needs facts when making policy anyway?
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:43 PM
Feb 2017

Trump is unhinged, but Republican willingness to fall into line
is truly frightening.

RobinA

(9,894 posts)
14. Wait A Minute!!!
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:48 PM
Feb 2017

I thought it was women were ruled by emotions and that this was a bad thing in a President.

keithbvadu2

(36,906 posts)
16. "recitation of the facts" - alternative facts - lies
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 01:03 PM
Feb 2017

"recitation of the facts" - alternative facts - lies

lark

(23,155 posts)
23. Exactly! drumpf lies to try and convince everyone that his emotional preferences
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 02:12 PM
Feb 2017

are what's happening. He hates media because they want real facts and all he cares about is how it feels to him or how he'd want it to be in trumpland. Reality has no meaning for him as he rejects it every single day. All that matters is getting what he wants and he will do or say anything at all, regardless of how outrageous or false, to try and win. Unfortunately, by not considering facts, his lies are thin and easily seen through and even some of his own people are finally starting to open their eyes to this tragedy.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
26. NOTHING he will do NOTHING will matter to these people
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 02:53 PM
Feb 2017

They want two things:

1. end women's rights

2. end brown people's rights

They will NEVER stop a politician who agrees with them on these two issues.

Paladin

(28,272 posts)
31. Gotta love the cover that repubes are giving trump and his non-stop lies.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 03:36 PM
Feb 2017

"...not necessarily being bound by all the facts."

Next invite you get to trump's white house, Santorum, don't forget to pack some kneepads.

IronLionZion

(45,528 posts)
32. Wait, I thought liberals were emotional and feeling
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 11:13 AM
Feb 2017

while conservatives deal with cold hard reality?

But now apparently liberals are so stupid to bound ourselves by facts and conservatives are smart enough to think outside of the facts.

They even have alternative facts.

Frothy mixture should run for president again.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
42. OMG. You made me laugh
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:21 PM
Feb 2017

Last edited Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Harder than I laughed at assfroth!!!! May I use that? Hilarious.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
48. Craven, venal, simpering little puke of a bigot.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 11:38 PM
Feb 2017

Someone really needs to wipe the floor of a bus station men's room with him.

Him, and a fair number of others, but him for sure.

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
51. I heard Rick Santorum had an affair with a sheep.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:16 AM
Feb 2017

But then again, I'm not bound by facts sooooo.....

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
64. Someone who is not bound by facts is delusional.
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 05:19 PM
Feb 2017

If that person is the President, they must be removed from office.

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