Pataki, Santorum take different approaches to enter crowded GOP field
Former New York Gov. George Pataki announced his presidential bid with a video; former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum made a speech the old-fashioned way.
This presidential election season, a handful of candidates are testing the waters of online announcements.
Not so for Rick Santorum. The former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania made his announcement Wednesday in a traditional speech on a factory floor in Cabot, Pennsylvania.
There’s no slick announcement video on Santorum’s website, only an embedded C-Span player with coverage of the speech at the factory. In his speech, Santorum took aim at Hillary Clinton and businesses that have pro-immigration policies.
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