Rick Santorum is officially in the race for 2016. Why he’s choosing to give his first interview to Clinton-hack George Stephanopoulos I don’t know:
Rick Santorum tells me he's officially in WH race. I'm in Pittsburgh for 1st interview today: http://t.co/x57duFrTdh pic.twitter.com/Xd4KCpzj88
— GeorgeStephanopoulos (@GStephanopoulos) May 27, 2015
ABC NEWS – Rick Santorum, the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania, will announce today that he will seek the GOP nomination for president in 2016, ABC News has learned. ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos will sit down for an exclusive interview with Santorum this afternoon.
Santorum, 57, is set to reveal his presidential intentions at an event today in Cabot, Pa., near his childhood home. It will be his second run for the White House, almost four years after he won primaries and caucuses in 11 states and finished second to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican nomination.
Santorum will join a quickly widening Republican field that already includes six declared candidates and could grow to encompass around a dozen more. Several contenders are expected to give him tougher competition this time around for the Christian conservative votes he relied on in 2012.