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Take a look at the life of former Pennsylvania Congressman Rick Santorum.

date of birth: May 10, 1958

birth place: Winchester, Virginia

birth name: Richard John Santorum

father: Aldo Santorum, a psychologist

Mother: Catherine (Dughey) Santorum, a nurse

Marriage: Karen (Proud) Santorum (1990–present)

Children: Isabella, 2008; Patrick, 2001; Peter, 1999; Sarah, 1998; Birth and Death in Gabriel, 1996; Daniel, 1995; Richard Jr., 1993; Elizabeth, 1991

education: Pennsylvania State University, BA, Political Science, 1980; University of Pittsburgh, MBA, 1981; Dickinson School of Law, JD, 1986

Religion: roman catholic

Members of the “Gang of Seven”, a group that exposed and condemned scandals in Congress, when in the House of Representatives.

Established the Congressional Working Group on Religious Freedom.

Known for helping to pass the Welfare Reform Bill and banning partial birth abortions.

1981-1986 – Pennsylvania State Senator J. Administrative assistant to Doyle Corman.

1986-1990 – Kirkpatrick in Pittsburgh and Associate Attorney in Lockhart.

January 1991-January 1995 – US Representative for Pennsylvania’s 18th District. Re-elected in 1992.

January 1995-January 2007 , Republican Senator from Pennsylvania. Re-elected in 2000.

1996 , The centaurs’ son, Gabriel, is born prematurely and lives for only two hours. Santorum’s wife, Karen, writes a book about the experience, “Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael Santorum.”

2001-2007 , President of the Senate Republican Convention.

November 2006 , Democrat Bob Casey is defeated in his Senate race.

2007-May 2008 – Management consultant at the law firm Eckert Simmons Cherin & Melott, LLC in Washington, DC.

2007-May 2011 – Political contributor to Fox News.

2007-June 2011 – Senior Fellow in the Center for Ethics and Public Policy.

2008 – Santorum’s youngest child, Isabella, is born with trisomy 18, a rare genetic disorder.

2 March 2011 – Fox News has suspended Santorum’s contract for 60 days and has given him a May 1, 2011 deadline to decide whether to run for president, or to terminate his contract.

April 13, 2011 – Announces that he has formed a presidential search committee, but does not publicly announce his candidacy.

5 May 2011 – Fox News ended the relationship with Santorum after it did not respond to a May 1 deadline regarding its decision to run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

6 June 2011 – Started his presidential campaign in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

February 15, 2012 – Releasing his tax returns for the past four years show that he earned more than $3.6 million.

10 April 2012 – Suspends his presidential campaign.

June 2013 – Named CEO of Ecolite Studios, a faith-based film studio in Dallas.

28 April 2014 – Publishes his book “Blue Collar Conservatives”.

10 February 2015 – Santorum and wife Karen published a book about their daughter called “Bella’s Gift”.

27 May 2015 – Santorum launched a campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.

3 February 2016 – announced that he was suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

January 18, 2017-May 2021 – Joined CNN as a political commentator.

25 March 2018 – In response to students protesting the gun control law, Santorum commented “about kids taking CPR classes or trying to deal with those situations, rather than looking to someone else to solve their problem.” How to do something when a violent shooter happens is all you can really do is respond.” A few days later, Santorum says he “missed to use the term CPR.”

February 28, 2019 – In an interview on CNN’s “New Day,” Santorum called President Donald Trump’s decision not to hold North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un responsible for Otto Warmbier’s death as “reprehensible.”

May 22, 2021 – A CNN spokesperson says the network has “parted ways” with Santorum after facing widespread condemnation for comments made about Native Americans.