CNN's Chris Cuomo brutally rails on Rick Santorum for his 'both sides' argument on guns

Chris Cuomo and Rick Santorum.
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) totally didn't mean it when he suggested that students should learn CPR to respond to school shootings, rather than "looking to someone else to solve their problem."

"The fact of the matter is I did misspeak in using the term CPR," Santorum said Wednesday on CNN's New Day. The former senator added that the point of his comment was to highlight other, more "unifying" ways to prevent school shootings, instead of gun control.

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Summer Meza has worked at The Week since 2018, serving as a staff writer, a news writer and currently the deputy editor. As a proud news generalist, she edits everything from political punditry and science news to personal finance advice and film reviews. Summer has previously written for Newsweek and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, covering national politics, transportation and the cannabis industry.