Even Rick Santorum's precinct chairman didn't vote for him
When given the choice between not voting for his boss or asking for a pen, Rick Santorum's precinct chairman chose the former. "You didn't vote for him?" MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes asked, after the precinct chairman showed him a caucus tally with a big 'X' next to Santorum's name. "As I was writing down [his name], my pen ran out of ink," the Santorum chairman said. "I was like, I can't just ask somebody for a new pen while I'm doing this."
"Buddy, you're the Santorum dude," Hayes responded, somewhat incredulous.
"I know, I know," the precinct chairman said. "Failure to launch, failure to launch."
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"Failure to launch is exactly what it sounds like," Hayes said.
Santorum ended up with just 1 percent support in Monday night's Iowa caucuses, a far cry from his 2012 victory in the state.
Watch Hayes' full interview with the Santorum precinct chairman below, entitled "Here's why Rick Santorum got zero votes at the GOP caucus we were at tonight." Becca Stanek
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