Rick Santorum Blames Obama For Rise In Anti-Semitism Under Trump's Presidency
CNN conservative contributor Rick Santorum on Tuesday suggested that President Barack Obama was to blame for rising number of anti-Semitic crimes under President Donald Trump.
Although Ivanka Trump recently called for "religious tolerance" following attacks on Jewish centers and gravesites, President Trump has said little about the rise in anti-Semitism.
On Tuesday, Santorum deflected to the Obama administration when CNN host Chris Cuomo asked him why Trump had not called out the alleged hate crimes.
"Let's look at the president's record and compare it with what we've seen in the last eight years," Santorum opined. "Number one, the president has stood by Israel in ways that President Obama has not, and stood very solidly with the state of Israel."
"I've got to tell you, Chris, this is why you hear about fake news," the former GOP presidential candidate continued, raising his voice. "For eight years -- eight years! -- the Obama administration sat by and said nothing about the increasing anti-Semitism on college campuses!"
"It's an outrage you guys are pointing to this 30 days in, and for eight years you ignored that story!"
Former Clinton campaign surrogate Christine Quinn reminded Santorum that Trump had refused to mention Jewish people in his Holocaust remembrance statement.