Cuomo to Santorum: Your Speech Sounded Like You Were Erasing Diversity to Please the White Christian Right

[Clip starts SANTORUM If ░░░░░░░░ think about this country ░░░░░░░░ don t know any ░░░░░░░░ country in the world ░░░░░░░░ was settled predominantly by ░░░░░░░░ who were coming to ░░░░░░░░ their faith They came ░░░░░░░░ because they were not ░░░░░░░░ to practice their particular ░░░░░░░░ in their own country ░░░░░░░░ so they came here ░░░░░░░░ from Europe and they ░░░░░░░░ up a country that ░░░░░░░░ based on Judeo Christian ░░░░░░░░ If you think of ░░░░░░░░ countries like Italy and ░░░░░░░░ and China and Turkey ░░░░░░░░ places like that they ░░░░░░░░ all sort of changed ░░░░░░░░ time I mean they ░░░░░░░░ been there for millennia ░░░░░░░░ many cases and their ░░░░░░░░ has sort of evolved ░░░░░░░░ time But not us ░░░░░░░░ came here and created ░░░░░░░░ blank slate We birthed ░░░░░░░░ nation from nothing There ░░░░░░░░ nothing here Yes we ░░░░░░░░ Native Americans but candidly ░░░░░░░░ isn t much Native ░░░░░░░░ culture in American culture ░░░░░░░░ ends CUOMO Rick two ░░░░░░░░ One it s not ░░░░░░░░ There is a lot ░░░░░░░░ affect from the native ░░░░░░░░ on America SANTORUM Absolutely ░░░░░░░░ agree CUOMO And there ░░░░░░░░ a lot of people ░░░░░░░░ who believe in that ░░░░░░░░ it seemed like you ░░░░░░░░ trying to erase diversity ░░░░░░░░ the interest of some ░░░░░░░░ Christian right SANTORUM No ░░░░░░░░ no no Just to ░░░░░░░░ clear what I was ░░░░░░░░ saying is that Native ░░░░░░░░ culture I misspoke What ░░░░░░░░ was talking about is ░░░░░░░░ you can see from ░░░░░░░░ run up I was ░░░░░░░░ about the founding of ░░░░░░░░ country I had given ░░░░░░░░ long talk about the ░░░░░░░░ the Declaration of Independence ░░░░░░░░ the ideas behind those ░░░░░░░░ I was saying we ░░░░░░░░ of created that anew ░░░░░░░░ you will And I ░░░░░░░░ not trying to dismiss ░░░░░░░░ Americans In fact I ░░░░░░░░ them because yes they ░░░░░░░░ here and they did ░░░░░░░░ an impact In fact ░░░░░░░░ this country you re ░░░░░░░░ they have a huge ░░░░░░░░ particularly in the west ░░░░░░░░ many other areas of ░░░░░░░░ country where they have ░░░░░░░░ huge impact on American ░░░░░░░░ I was talking about ░░░░░░░░ and I misspoke in ░░░░░░░░ respect I was talking ░░░░░░░░ the founding and the ░░░░░░░░ embodied in the founding ░░░░░░░░ would never and people ░░░░░░░░ said I m trying ░░░░░░░░ dismiss what we did ░░░░░░░░ the Native Americans Far ░░░░░░░░ it The way we ░░░░░░░░ Native Americans was horrific ░░░░░░░░ goes against every bone ░░░░░░░░ everything I ever fought ░░░░░░░░ as a leader in ░░░░░░░░ Congress I believe as ░░░░░░░░ founding document says that ░░░░░░░░ are endowed by created ░░░░░░░░ inalienable rights and that ░░░░░░░░ re all equal And ░░░░░░░░ we treat people as ░░░░░░░░ or less than human ░░░░░░░░ s when America that ░░░░░░░░ when every country gets ░░░░░░░░ problems We did it ░░░░░░░░ the Native Americans we ░░░░░░░░ it with respect to ░░░░░░░░ Americans I believe we ░░░░░░░░ doing it with children ░░░░░░░░ the womb today So ░░░░░░░░ is very personal and ░░░░░░░░ passionate that we can ░░░░░░░░ treat people as different ░░░░░░░░ other or we re ░░░░░░░░ into a lot of ░░░░░░░░ So I wasn t ░░░░░░░░ any of the things ░░░░░░░░ the social media world ░░░░░░░░ saying that I was ░░░░░░░░ I was simply talking ░░░░░░░░ the founding documents of ░░░░░░░░ United States not the ░░░░░░░░ but the United States ░░░░░░░░ based on these principles ░░░░░░░░ freedom of conscience religious ░░░░░░░░ liberty and the importance ░░░░░░░░ that as a building ░░░░░░░░ to the American dream.”