Rick Santorum defends Trump by claiming he was only praising assault in general, not assault on reporters

Fair enough! At least he’s honest.

“But he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault for body slamming a reporter.”

“I understand that. But I think the point he was making was that he wasn’t talking about the press. He was just making the case, hey, anybody that can pick someone up and body slam them, that’s my kind of guy.”

So if I understand Santorum (which is not easy because this is a guy who once called intelligent design “a legitimate scientific theory that should be taught in science classes”), it is not any better to body slam a reporter than, let’s say, a Republican congressman, but either one is the sign of a cool guy!

Good to know!