A CASE FOR RICK SANTORUM AS VICE PRESIDENT

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pportunity: The vice presidency is an untapped position in the executive branch. The VP is also the president of the Senate, a power usually ignored. A trusted VP could act as the president's COO, using his knowledge of Congress to reform and trim the federal government.

A CEO president would shake things up with a VP who is an experienced legislator committed to hard work in the administration.

Constitutionally, the vicepresident cannot be fired -- only impeached by Congress; therefore, a man of exceptional integrity is essential.

Rick Santorum, a veteran senator, has an energetic national following. While in the Senate, Santorum was a reformer. At age 38, he wrote the landmark 1996 Welfare Reform law, the only federal

entitlement ever to be ended. He is experienced in foreign affairs, pro-life legislation, economic policy, and military affairs.

A blue-collar conservative with deep legislative intelligence, Santorum inspires hardworking American families. With his deep understanding of constitutional principles and the mechanics of legislation, he would be a bold complement to the President, working with him to achieve an agenda for freedom and prosperity.

Santorum, as vice president, would steer the President's agenda through the legislature while also offering the President advice on the constitutional order so essential to American freedom.

America is ready for a President who is not, and never has been, a politician. The people want an effective, principled, and energetic CEO.

With Vice President Santorum on the team, President Trump would have at his side an experienced legislator who has long navigated Washington without becoming part of its crony culture. This would be the beginnings of an incredibly powerful team to make America great again.

America's founders and her finest leaders understood that protecting liberty requires constant vigilance and a continued renewal of our founding spirit. Santorum would be a strategic partner for President Trump in restoring America to the founding principles of limited and intelligent government that have made this nation the last best hope for mankind.

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blue-collar conservative with an inspiring vision and a loyal national following, Senator Santorum has broad appeal in current toss-up states, especially Iowa, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

He is a master at the stump and a tireless campaigner who inspires people to believe in a better America.

As vice president, Santorum would serve as the president’s COO, adeptly navigating and negotiating in the halls of Congress, where he was an effective, principled, dealmaking politician. Legislatively, Santorum wades into the weeds.

He knows the game and he has the mental firepower to deal with the minute details of drafting laws. He knows our nation’s founding documents and understands what it takes for liberty to flourish.

What The Critics Are Saying Rupert Murdoch, businessman: "Santorum is the only candidate with genuine big vision for the country."

David Brooks, conservative political and cultural commentator: “While in Congress, Santorum was a leader in nearly every… piece of antipoverty legislation.”

Bono, entertainer and social activist: “On our issues, [Santorum] has been a defender of the most vulnerable."

The Washington Post: “Santorum was a tea party kind of guy before there was a tea party."

Maggie Gallagher, conservative activist: “In these days when politicians’ pronouncements are mostly the

focus-grouped blind hoping to mislead the voting blind, Rick Santorum dares to say things that actually matter.”

Ed Schulz, liberal commentator: “Having seen Santorum on the stump, he is as good as President Obama.

I mean, he is a good retail politic guy. He gets in that crowd and those people are believing what he is saying.

He’s got a very unique quality and he connects with people.”

Michael Tomasky, left wing writer at the Daily Beast: Santorum brings “a spark of feeling in politics that goes beyond ideology … into a place where our political selves and our real and full human selves collide.”

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othing speaks louder than the facts. In his tenure as a public servant, the facts show that Senator Rick Santorum is one who has certainly served his country well.

+ His 2005 book, It Takes a Family, became a New York Times bestseller. The Washington Post called it a "very serious, smart work of political science." It articulates a statistics-supported vision for a prosperous and free America.

Rick Santorum Factsheet: + Served as U.S. Representative, PA-18, 1991-1995. + Served as U.S. senator from PA, 1995-2007. + Served eight years on the Senate Armed Services Committee. + Served as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, 2001-2007. + At age 38, wrote the 1996 Welfare Reform law, which is the only time Congress has ended a federal entitlement.

+ Led the Gang of 7 that exposed the House Banking and Post Office scandals; as a result, members of both parties went to prison; he will work with the President to clean up the Washington mess. + Articulates a blue collar conservatism that embraces the American worker. + Santorum’s Patriot Voices is a successful, loyal, grassroots community of Americans from across the country committed to promoting faith, family, freedom and opportunity.

+ He first reached the senate, thanks to his shoe-leather work ethic approach. + He has knocked on over 20,000 doors. + He hand-wrote thank-you notes the next day to people he met on the trail; he left no stone unturned. + Age 58, he is happily married to his lovely wife Karen Santorum and the proud father of 7 amazing children.

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here are those who talk and then there are those who take action. Few in elevated places of leadership possess a track record of results like Senator Rick Santorum. The following points are a snapshot of his overall accomplishments.

A Blue State Winner + Rick Santorum first ran for Congress in 1990 against a 14year Democrat incumbent, in a 60% Democrat district, and through his tireless efforts was elected to Congress at age 32. + In 1992, Santorum was redistricted – this time into a 70% Democrat district. Despite President George H.W. Bush winning just 29% of the vote in his district, Santorum won with 61% of the vote. + After serving two-terms in the

House of Representatives, Santorum was elected to the United States Senate in 1994 after he defeated incumbent Senator Harris Wofford, whose campaign was led by chief Clinton strategists James Carville and Paul Begala. + Running for re-election to the Senate in 2000, Santorum would become the only incumbent Senator to win his race in a state lost by President George W. Bush – defeating his opponent 52% to 46% despite President Bush losing Pennsylvania by more than 5%. + In his race for President in 2012, despite being outspent 5:1

by Governor Romney’s campaign, Senator Santorum went on to win 11 Republican primaries and caucuses – including the Iowa Caucus. His eventual campaign exit would still produce the most primary

and caucus wins by any candidate not to become the Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan in 1976.

A Staunch Defender of the American Worker + For his policy positions in defense of American jobs and wages, Senator Santorum was the only Presidential candidate to initially receive an ‘A’ grade from the American workerprotection group NumbersUSA. + Santorum believes that low energy prices and proper regulatory policies can spur an American manufacturing resurgence that will lead to increased job opportunities for all, but particularly for the 74% of Americans without a college degree. + Santorum will push back against countries and domestic

interest groups that promote trade policies that pressure American wages and jobs.

While Rick voted for many trade agreements while in the Senate, he opposed NAFTA citing Mexico’s currency manipulation and its effect on American jobs and wages. + Senator Santorum was a vocal opponent of the Wall Street bailouts and stimulus programs instituted by both President Bush and President Obama.

A Reformer Who Gets Results + Senator Santorum became one of our nation’s leading government reformers. During his tenure in the House of Representatives, he was a member of the famous Gang of 7 that took on corruption in the House Bank and House Post Office – scandals that would

eventually send members of both Parties to prison. + When he got to the United States Senate, Rick Santorum became the floor manager of the most influential piece of government reform legislation since President Johnson’s Great Society when he authored the landmark 1996 Welfare Reform bill. As a result, millions of Americans left the welfare rolls and entered the workforce. This is the only major reform of an entitlement program in our nation’s history.

A Leader Ready on Day-One to be Commander-in-Chief + Senator Santorum served 8years on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he was chairman of the subcommittee in charge of reforming our military into a post-Cold War fighting force.

+ Senator Santorum was the author of the Syria Accountability Act and the Iran Freedom and Support Act that imposed tough sanctions on these rogue regimes over a decade ago, before the majority of politicians would even publicly acknowledge or understand the threat posed by these nations and their radical ideology. + Senator Santorum was the primary Republican sponsor of President Bush’s PEPFAR that has delivered priceless lifesaving aid to African nations stricken by the AIDS epidemic. + After leaving the Senate, Rick Santorum spent four years at a think tank traveling the globe, addressing the rising threat of Radical Islam. + Senator Santorum is a strong supporter of the state of Israel

and has been singled out for his support by organizations like Christians United for Israel and AIPAC. A Champion of Faith, Family and Freedom + Rick Santorum and his wife Karen have been married for 26 years and are the proud parents of 7 children. Rick was raised by two parents who worked for the Veterans Administration, primarily in Butler, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Penn State and obtained his J.D from the Dickinson School of Law and his MBA from the U of Pittsburgh. + As a United States Senator, Rick Santorum was a stalwart fighter for our children and families. He is the author of the Partial Birth Abortion Act that banned this heinous procedure, the Unborn Victims of Violence

Act, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, and the Combating Autism Act. In fact, Santorum is the author of every major pro-life law passed over the past 20 years.

October 2015: “If you listen to Republicans, they never talk about workers. They're always talking about businesses.

They're always talking about economic growth."

+ Senator Santorum authored the ‘Workplace Religious Freedom Act’ to ensure individuals of all faiths would not be discriminated against in the workplace. He also founded the Congressional Working Group on Religious Freedom to ensure that the principle of Freedom of Religion would not be infringed upon.

September 2015: “Our campaign is really about trying to help the American worker and trying to create better jobs for wage earners."

In His Own Words October 2015: “It is time for a President who will take a blow torch to the tax code, end the IRS..., and create a new tax system for a new century -- a single-rate system that is honest, simple and fair."

December 2015: “We can go out and talk about how we have to bail out Wall Street and how we have to bail out auto companies,” he said, “but when it comes to providing worker protection for the lowest wage workers, we have to be Adam Smith! No! We need to say that we're on the side of the American worker.”