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| Rick Santorum launches presidential bid at Pennsylvania rally – as it happened | Rick Santorum launches presidential bid at Pennsylvania rally – as it happened |
| (30 days later) | |
| 11.15pm BST | 11.15pm BST |
| 23:15 | 23:15 |
| We’re going to wrap up our live blog politics coverage for the day. Here’s a summary of where things stand: | We’re going to wrap up our live blog politics coverage for the day. Here’s a summary of where things stand: |
| 11.01pm BST | 11.01pm BST |
| 23:01 | 23:01 |
| Why does this sound so... threatening? | Why does this sound so... threatening? |
| RICK SANTORUM READY! http://t.co/AFm2u1vOVN | RICK SANTORUM READY! http://t.co/AFm2u1vOVN |
| 10.51pm BST | 10.51pm BST |
| 22:51 | 22:51 |
| How many times did Santorum say “American worker”? | How many times did Santorum say “American worker”? |
| “I am proud to stand among you, and for you, the American workers who have sacrificed so much, to announce that I am running for president of the United States!” | “I am proud to stand among you, and for you, the American workers who have sacrificed so much, to announce that I am running for president of the United States!” |
| “Four years ago, well, no one gave us much of a chance. But we won 11 states. We got 4m votes. And it’s not just because I stood for something. It’s because I stood for someone. The American worker!” | “Four years ago, well, no one gave us much of a chance. But we won 11 states. We got 4m votes. And it’s not just because I stood for something. It’s because I stood for someone. The American worker!” |
| I think the last person to cram in as many references to the American worker in one speech as Rick Santorum was Ray Zalinsky in Tommy Boy. | I think the last person to cram in as many references to the American worker in one speech as Rick Santorum was Ray Zalinsky in Tommy Boy. |
| 10.37pm BST | 10.37pm BST |
| 22:37 | 22:37 |
| Santorum wraps: 'ricksantorum dot com!' | Santorum wraps: 'ricksantorum dot com!' |
| Santorum finishes his speech. Here’s the big finish, verbatim: | Santorum finishes his speech. Here’s the big finish, verbatim: |
| “Four years ago, well, no one gave us much of a chance. But we won 11 states. We got 4m votes. And it’s not just because I stood for something. It’s because I stood for someone. The American worker. | “Four years ago, well, no one gave us much of a chance. But we won 11 states. We got 4m votes. And it’s not just because I stood for something. It’s because I stood for someone. The American worker. |
| “I promised then as I promise you now. I will take money and power out of Washington, and put it back where the Constitution says it belongs: in the people who earned it. | “I promised then as I promise you now. I will take money and power out of Washington, and put it back where the Constitution says it belongs: in the people who earned it. |
| “The last race, we changed the debate. This race, with your help and god’s grace, we can change this nation. | “The last race, we changed the debate. This race, with your help and god’s grace, we can change this nation. |
| Join us! Join us! ricksantorum dot com! God bless you! And god bless America! | Join us! Join us! ricksantorum dot com! God bless you! And god bless America! |
| Then they play the “Take Back America” song. | Then they play the “Take Back America” song. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.39pm BST | at 10.39pm BST |
| 10.34pm BST | 10.34pm BST |
| 22:34 | 22:34 |
| Rick Santorum holds up being featured in an online publication sympathetic to Isis militants as a national security credential. | Rick Santorum holds up being featured in an online publication sympathetic to Isis militants as a national security credential. |
| He says a recent feature in the “Isis magazine” included “my picture and a quote.” | He says a recent feature in the “Isis magazine” included “my picture and a quote.” |
| “After 12 years of legislating and warning about radical Islam,” Santorum says, “They know who I am, and I know who they are. | “After 12 years of legislating and warning about radical Islam,” Santorum says, “They know who I am, and I know who they are. |
| “In that article I described who they are, and how to defeat them. And ladies and gentleman, if I’m the next president, I will defeat them.” | “In that article I described who they are, and how to defeat them. And ladies and gentleman, if I’m the next president, I will defeat them.” |
| Applause. | Applause. |
| 10.29pm BST | 10.29pm BST |
| 22:29 | 22:29 |
| Ben Jacobs takes in the crowd: | Ben Jacobs takes in the crowd: |
| Crowd at Santorum event which is now chanting "Rick, Rick, Rick" pic.twitter.com/FGVtABUdlO | Crowd at Santorum event which is now chanting "Rick, Rick, Rick" pic.twitter.com/FGVtABUdlO |
| 10.28pm BST | 10.28pm BST |
| 22:28 | 22:28 |
| Santorum: 'peace comes through strength' | Santorum: 'peace comes through strength' |
| “The Obama team, they don’t understand that peace comes through strength,” Santorum says. | “The Obama team, they don’t understand that peace comes through strength,” Santorum says. |
| “USA! USA! USA!” the crowd chants. | “USA! USA! USA!” the crowd chants. |
| 10.27pm BST | 10.27pm BST |
| 22:27 | 22:27 |
| What does this mean, just then from Santorum? Is it an anti-adoption stance? A veiled attack on same-sex marriage? | What does this mean, just then from Santorum? Is it an anti-adoption stance? A veiled attack on same-sex marriage? |
| “Every child in America deserves her birthright to be raised by her parents in a healthy home.” | “Every child in America deserves her birthright to be raised by her parents in a healthy home.” |
| Then he says “stronger families and more jobs will result in better schools” and promises to “drive a stake in the heart of common core.” | Then he says “stronger families and more jobs will result in better schools” and promises to “drive a stake in the heart of common core.” |
| 10.26pm BST | 10.26pm BST |
| 22:26 | 22:26 |
| Santorum promises to “revoke every executive action and regulation that costs American jobs.” | Santorum promises to “revoke every executive action and regulation that costs American jobs.” |
| Earlier he referred to the “shale revolution” – fracking is big business in Pennsylvania. | Earlier he referred to the “shale revolution” – fracking is big business in Pennsylvania. |
| Santorum comes out as virulently anti-immigrant, although he declines to use the word “immigrant” or “immigration”. | Santorum comes out as virulently anti-immigrant, although he declines to use the word “immigrant” or “immigration”. |
| Santorum says that “as a result” of “unskilled workers” entering the US economy, US wages have “flatlined.” | Santorum says that “as a result” of “unskilled workers” entering the US economy, US wages have “flatlined.” |
| Hillary Clinton and “big business,” Santorum says, “have called for a massive influx in unskilled labor.” | Hillary Clinton and “big business,” Santorum says, “have called for a massive influx in unskilled labor.” |
| “Business does it because they want to control costs. Hillary does it, well, because she just wants votes.” | “Business does it because they want to control costs. Hillary does it, well, because she just wants votes.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.43pm BST | at 10.43pm BST |
| 10.21pm BST | 10.21pm BST |
| 22:21 | 22:21 |
| Santorum: 'I am running' | Santorum: 'I am running' |
| Santorum announces. | Santorum announces. |
| “I am proud to stand among you, and for you, the American workers who have sacrificed so much, to announce that I am running for president of the United States.” | “I am proud to stand among you, and for you, the American workers who have sacrificed so much, to announce that I am running for president of the United States.” |
| He promises a “bold vision” that is “clear and conservative” and has “a proven track record.” | He promises a “bold vision” that is “clear and conservative” and has “a proven track record.” |
| Step one: ditch the “corrupt federal tax code and the IRS that goes with it.” | Step one: ditch the “corrupt federal tax code and the IRS that goes with it.” |
| 10.20pm BST | 10.20pm BST |
| 22:20 | 22:20 |
| Santorum is talking about lost jobs. | Santorum is talking about lost jobs. |
| “What about those politicians, for all those years, what did they do?” says Santorum, who spent the better part of two decades in Congress and has been running for elected office ever since. | “What about those politicians, for all those years, what did they do?” says Santorum, who spent the better part of two decades in Congress and has been running for elected office ever since. |
| “They offered no plan, and they provided no hope. And for that I say, ‘no longer!’” | “They offered no plan, and they provided no hope. And for that I say, ‘no longer!’” |
| Applause. | Applause. |