Did SNL "Bully" Santorum By Parodying Him In A Sketch?

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Sensitive G.O.P. presidential hopeful Rick Santorum criticized a "Saturday Night Live" skit the morning after it aired which made light of his staunch anti-gay marriage stance, suggesting that the segment was akin to "bullying" during an interview with New Hampshire radio station WGIR on Sunday, according to the Huffington Post.

The "Yet Another GOP Debate" sketch on the late-night show portrayed each of the many Republican candidates spouting off ridiculous dialog, some in hyperbolic situations, playing on aspects each one's public persona or platform. An agitated Santorum was reporting from a gay bar in The Castro District in San Francisco, one of the U.S.'s largest and best known gay neighborhoods. Other occurrences in the skit included "security camera" footage depicting apparent bad ass Ron Paul's absence from the debate due to his kidnapping, easily escaping after coolly murdering his captors. While lifeless candidates Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich were locked in a closet together off-site and forced to battle to the death. Bachmann prevailed.

"The left, unfortunately, participates in bullying more than the right does," Santorum said. "They say that they’re tolerant, and they’re anything but tolerant of people who disagree with them and support traditional values."

Santorum told the radio station that he would continue to stand up for the traditional values "that made this country great," despite being a target of the comedy show. "I welcome the criticism, go ahead," he said, ironically, after airing his grievances with the show.

Did left-leaning SNL bully former Republican senator Rick Santorum by parodying him in a sketch?

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Did SNL "Bully" Santorum By Parodying Him In A Sketch?

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