In his closing remarks at Thursday night’s GOP undercard debate, Rick Santorum managed to squeeze in a last minute zinger against Sen. Rand Paul, who chose to skip the debate rather than sit at the “kids’ table.”
Santorum gets applause: "I know we're out of time, but I'll take some of Rand Paul's time…"
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) January 14, 2016
I'm going to take some of Rand Paul's time here for a moment, Rick Santorum says as the bell chimes
— lesley clark (@lesleyclark) January 14, 2016
"I'm going to take some of Rand Paul's time here for a second" — Santorum. #GOPDebate
— Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) January 14, 2016
Santorum: "I'm gonna take a little of Rand Paul's time." #nprdebate
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) January 14, 2016
Part of that closing statement, however, was an invitation for audience members to Google “Rick Santorum” — advice which reporters and others strongly disagreed with. The Internet at large hasn’t been particularly kind to Santorum, it seems.
Santorum: "Go and Google Rick Santorum…"
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) January 14, 2016
Rick Santorum is brave asking people to Google him
— Tbagtag (@tbagtag) January 15, 2016
.@RickSantorum just invited people to Google him. Not sure that's a good idea. #GOPDebate
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 14, 2016
Santorum just told people to Google Rick Santorum? Umm ……
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 14, 2016
Dude. Don't tell people to Google "Santorum." #GOPdebate
— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 14, 2016
A reminder: don't let your kids google Rick Santorum.
— Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrand) January 14, 2016
If you google Santorum, just make sure not to choose "I'm feeling lucky". #GOPDebate
— John (@CentristGOP) January 15, 2016
INTERNET DO NOT GOOGLE "SANTORUM" NO MATTER WHAT HE TELLS YOU. #GOPDebate
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 15, 2016
DO NOT GOOGLE SANTORUM
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 14, 2016
Santorum: 'Google "Rick Santorum"'
I'm not falling for that one again, Rick. #GOPDebate
— gillian hames. (@agillianhames) January 15, 2016
I decided to risk it. It's still not great for Rick, but not as bad as it used to be, or could be pic.twitter.com/acUSZg0JPB
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) January 15, 2016
You could say that. The Urban Dictionary definition has moved down a couple of places, thank goodness.
See the #3 google hit for santorum #GOPDebate https://t.co/aQAmp61IBt
— Pete Quily (@pqpolitics) January 15, 2016
Can it get worse than that? Maybe. At the moment, the first Google News result for “Rick Santorum” links to a Daily Caller opinion piece titled, “Rick Santorum Needs To Give It Up And Go Back To Virginia.”
