RICK SANTORUM: It doesn't make any sense to me why [President Donald Trump waited to denounce anti-Semitism], and I would just make the argument, as I tried to this morning, there's been a rash of anti-Semitism going on in college campuses now that's growing. I saw a report earlier that a 45 percent increase year-over-year from last year. It continues to grow. It's being perpetrated not just by the pro-Palestinian groups on college campuses, but also from progressive groups. This is a sweet spot for the president to be in, and I just am a little amazed that he hasn't hit on, not just what's happened to Jewish community centers, but also what's happening on college campuses.
WOLF BLITZER (HOST): You want President Trump to be hitting that so-called BDS movement, the boycott, divest, sanction that's going on around college campuses?
SANTORUM: I think maybe just part of it is there's so much going on at the White House. It's all new. He’s trying to get a lot of things done. But to me, this is an area that really deserves some focus and can actually substantiate a lot of the concerns that he's raised about what's going on with religious tolerance in this country, with religious freedom in this country, and the role that Muslims are playing on college campuses to stifle opposition voices.
BLITZER: Well, it's not just Muslims on college campuses.
SANTORUM: Well, but I'm talking in this, the BDS movement, yes, it is. And progressives
BLITZER: There's a lot of -- there's a lot of liberals. There's some liberal Jews who are out there promoting this as well.
