Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum joined Newsmax as a senior political analyst on Tuesday, five months after being ousted from CNN. He will make his debut during the conservative network’s election coverage Tuesday night at 7 p.m. “I am excited to join the growing team at Newsmax,” Santorum said in a statement. His May ouster from CNN came weeks after outcry over comments the Pennsylvania Republican made about Native Americans in an April speech. The previous month, Santorum gave a speech for Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth group, in which he claimed there “isn’t much Native American culture in American culture” and said colonizers “birthed a nation from nothing.” A video clip of his speech went viral on social media, leading to public backlash.

Source: CNN November 08, 2021 21:43 UTC