Santorum: Trump Showed His “Softer Side” Last Night

“Anybody who honestly looked at what was said tonight, this was a win for the president, and on several fronts. The president did something he doesn’t do very often, and I thought he did it, for him, very well, which was to show a softer side, to make a more compassionate argument, and to tone down the rhetoric. We need this, the presidential Donald Trump, the Donald Trump who actually thought through this speech, worked with people, worked with his Homeland Security people and put a presentation together.” – Rick Santorum, after Trump again demonized immigrants as violent criminals.

Rick Santorum declares tonight “a win for the president” because Trump “did something he doesn’t do very often and I thought he did it, for him, very well – which was to show a softer side.” pic.twitter.com/MUtfOEDmQi

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 9, 2019

Hitler used to parade Jews who had committed crimes in front of audiences to imply that all Jews commit crimes.

That’s PRECISELY the strategy Trump is tonight to talk about immigrants.

This is cold, VICIOUS propaganda.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 9, 2019