Romney Finds His Inner Santorum before Evangelical Audience

In a video-conferenced speech to the Faith & Freedom Coalition this past weekend, Mitt Romney’s rhetoric mirrored that of his former rival, Rick Santorum, notes BuzzFeed’s Zeke Miller. “Romney referenced many elements of Santorum’s former stump speech,” writes Miller, “including the Brookings Institution study on families that [formed] the cornerstone of Santorum’s social issues campaign.” Santorum, who spoke after Romney at the conference, praised the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee: “Gov. Romney’s speech was right on, and not just because he quoted me.”

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