Santorum: Optics Are ‘Legitimate Concern’ for GOP; They Don’t Want to Look Like They’re Ganging Up on Ford

‘You don’t want to look like 11 people are ganging up on this woman who says she’s a victim’

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BERMAN: "Our reporting has been that the Republican side, which is made up of 11 men, wanted to bring in perhaps a female prosecutor to do the questioning because they don’t like the optics."
SANTORUM: "It’s a legitimate concern among Republicans. You don’t want to look like 11 people are ganging up on this woman who says she’s a victim. Look, I think that’s a reasonable thing for Republicans to be concerned about. The optics do matter, obviously all of this is about optics, because we will never get to what actually the truth was 36 years ago. I mean, you have to give — you are giving each the opportunity to present their case and you want to do so in a way that is at least in the best light of what you are trying to accomplish."

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