Rick Santorum Would Not Ask Weiner To Resign From Congress, But. . .

Most GOP House members, as well as a substantial number of Democrats (including Speaker Pelosi and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz) have called for Rep. Anthony Weiner to step down from his seat in Congress. What does former PA Senator and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum think Weiner should do?

Simon Conway, the host of an afternoon radio show on News Radio 1040, was speaking with Mr. Santorum about the historically low, 9% approval rating of Congress, he asked candidate Santorum a direct question about Weiner resigning;

Candidate Santorum toes an interesting line in his answer. While expressing his personal opinion (the candidate claims that he would resign if caught in a similar situation), Mr. Santorum recognizes that the Congress has a procedure in place for removal of members who violate their code of conduct.

H/T to Simon Conway of WHO News Radio 1040 for the clip.

And for those curious about the context of this above clip, we offer the entire twenty-one minute interview here;