In an interview on C-SPAN on Sunday, former Pennsylvania Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum decided to unload some rather unsavory insights on how he saw a strong democracy forming.
Appearing on “After Words” with host Tucker Carlson, Santorum discussed conditions in the Middle East and aspirations to form democracies in the region.
Santorum’s political waxing reached its height when he found an analog between the Egyptian elections that put Mohamed Morsi in office and the foundation of the United States. The former Senator saw fit to question whether allowing democratic elections were appropriate in Egypt.
“I think the ideal and goal [democracy] is a good one. The question is: how do you get there?,” he said. “And how long do you take, and what measures do you take. And, you [Tucker Carlson] mentioned Egypt, I don’t think Egypt was ready for elections.”
He then compared the current situation in the Middle East and Egypt with the founding of America.
“Were we ready for an election when the United States was formed to have everybody in the United States vote? Well, our Founders didn’t think so. They limited the people who could vote in an election. Now, you could say, ‘that’s horrible, that’s terrible.’ Well, maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. But it was a decision that was made to make sure that there was some continuity and stability within the government that was consistent with the values the government was founded upon.”
Watch the interview with Santorum here:
