Tea Party in Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2013-2015


On Health Care: The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare

Q: I remember your case against Mitt Romney. You believed that health care was the way to defeat President Obama. You said you can't nominate Mitt Romney, because he can't do it. Do you feel vindicated?

RICK SANTORUM: Well, it was the issue in 2010 that caused us to have the Tea Party revolution. It was all around the issue of health care. And this election is going to be all around the issue of health care. And they are two great elections for Republicans. 2012 was not about health care.

Q: Missed opportunity now getting back politically?

SANTORUM: You know, that's the area that really was my strength. I was the first person that introduced health savings accounts, and the Congress worked on Medicare and Medicaid reform when I was there. I felt like we had the opportunity to really focus on that: Look at what ObamaCare is really doing. It's driving up costs right now. I think you're going to see these numbers not be as encouraging as the administration has pointed out.

Source: Meet the Press 2014 interviews of 2016 presidential hopefuls Mar 30, 2014

The above quotations are from Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2013-2015, interviewing presidential hopefuls for 2016.
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