CNN commentator Rick Santorum under fire for remarks on Native Americans
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CNN has stood by Rick Santorum, one of its few regular conservative commentators, despite regular criticism from liberal viewers on social media.
But the cable news channel’s loyalty was put to the test after his remarks — dismissing the role of Native Americans and crediting European Christian settlers with building America from “nothing” — generated a major backlash Monday.
“We birthed a nation from nothing; I mean, there was nothing here. I mean, yes, we have Native Americans, but, candidly, there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture,” Santorum said in remarks delivered Friday at the Standing Up For Faith and Freedom Conference, according to reports. “It was born of the people who came here.”