Rick Santorum, former senator representing Pennsylvania, has quit the United States presidential race on Wednesday. He made the declaration on Fox News’ “On the Record” saying he now supports Florida junior senator, Marco Rubio. Santorum won the Iowa caucuses and finished with the second-most number of delegates to eventual Republican Party nominee, Mitt Romney in 2012. He has been unable to attain that height this year despite extensive efforts in Iowa. He is the third Republican presidential candidate to drop out after Monday’s caucuses. Mike Huckabee ended his campaign that night, and Rand Paul suspended his campaign Wednesday morning. Santorum said that he and his family decided the best way to achieve his campaign’s goals was to get out of the race.
“We decided that I think we could be better advocates for that in supporting someone who shared those values and is in a better position to do well in this race. Santorum told Greta Van Susteren, saying he was looking for a candidate that believed in helping struggling Americans, placed importance on traditional family units and who had the experience and understanding to take on ISIS.
“We decided that we wanted to find a candidate that really espoused the values that we believed in, someone who really focused their campaign on trying to help … those who are struggling on the margins,” Santorum said.
“That’s why we decided to support Marco Rubio,” he said.
Santorum spent time talking about his economic plans to revitalise American manufacturing and leaned heavily on his foreign policy knowledge to make the case he could best serve as president in an age of heightened global threats from ISIS an other terrorist groups. Santorum and Huckabee appeared with Trump at his event for veterans that was held opposite the Fox News debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday.
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