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Rick Santorum on Newsmax: Convention of States needed to rein in federal spending, overreach

Published in Blog on September 29, 2021 by Article V Patriot

From the deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to the current economic crisis to tyrannical COVID vaccine mandates, President Joe Biden's nine months in office have been one disaster after another. 

Sen. Rick Santorum believes a Convention of States is the only way to address the growing tyranny in Washington, and he joined Newsmax recently to explain his position. 

"One of the things I learned from the years I spent in Washington is that Washington can't fix Washington," he said. "The fact that you have a president not complying [with the Supreme Court]? That's the whole point of the courts and the Congress and the checks and balances on the authoritarian president."

"The only way to constrain the lawlessness in Washington, D.C., is for the people to act through their state legislatures and put constitutional constraints on the power of the President," he said.

Sen. Santorum’s unwavering commitment to conservative values makes him the perfect fit to follow in the footsteps of the late Sen. Tom Coburn and join Sen. Jim DeMint and Prof. Rob Natelson as a Convention of States Project Senior Advisor. Our Senior Advisors possess the rare combination of authentic integrity and deep political experience, and Sen. Santorum’s background and character will be invaluable assets to the Convention of States mission. 

We couldn’t be more proud to have Sen. Santorum join our team as a Senior Advisor. His keen political acumen, combined with his high character and committed faith, will help propel the Article V movement to the next level, and we look forward to working closely with Sen. Santorum for many years to come.

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