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With potential 2012 presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum in the Hawkeye State Tuesday night, Iowans are receiving an anonymous recorded phone message attacking him for being a “a pro-life fraud,” CNN reports.
The robocall says Santorum, who is an ardent opponent of abortion rights, campaigned for former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and Republican-turned Democratic Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, both of whom support abortion rights. Two Republicans in Central Iowa told The Iowa Independent they received the call Monday night, but CNN was unable to confirm how widespread the calls were or who was responsible for them.
“As a lifelong advocate of the sanctity of life, I know pro-life frauds when I see one, and Rick Santorum is a pro-life fraud,” the call says, before directing people to talk to Santorum during his Iowa visit or call him at at the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where he is a senior fellow.
Santorum is scheduled to address an Iowa Christian Alliance event Tuesday night.
The audio of the call was posted on YouTube by a user named “RickSantorum2012.”
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