CNN's Rick Santorum dismisses the killing of a protester in Kenosha: “There's shootings going on every single day”

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From the August 26, 2020, edition of CNN's coverage of the Republican National Convention

RICK SANTORUM (CNN CONTRIBUTOR): I agree, the shooting is horrible, it's a tragedy, but Van, there's shootings going on every single day. Whether they're vigilantes or whether they're gangs -- and the reality is it's a horrible situation that we have to deal with as a country. But I don't think you sort of stop the convention --

VAN JONES (CNN CONTRIBUTOR): I see it differently.

SANTORUM: -- and focus on something like that.