Santorum: Obama Can’t Mock Us Over Debate When He ‘Avoids Every Tough Interview’

Yesterday President Obama mocked the Republicans running for president by saying they can’t exactly stand up to Vladimir Putin if they can’t handle a few CNBC moderators.

Well, today Rick Santorum responded by laughing and saying it’s “the pot calling the kettle black.”

He told Newsmax’s Steve Malzberg that the president “avoids every tough interview, won’t go on Fox News, gets really prickly if anybody dares to ask him a tough question,” so it’s a little amusing for him to mock the GOP for how they’re handling from the media.

Santorum even called Obama a “punching bag for Putin” and “the epitome of not standing up to tough leaders.”

Watch Obama’s original comments above, via MSNBC, and Santorum’s response, via Newsmax.

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