Uncancelled: Rick Santorum Hired By Newsmax

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, who was ousted from his role as a CNN commentator after saying the Founding Fathers “birthed a nation from nothing,” has been hired by the conservative media outlet Newsmax as a senior political analyst.

When viewers of the conservative news network tuned in to catch the results of the Virginia governor’s election, they saw the former Pennsylvania Republican senator breaking down the vote with his fellow commentators.

“Rick Santorum is one of the most articulate and candid political analysts in media today, and we are honored to have him leading Newsmax’s team of commentators Tuesday and beyond,” said Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy.

“I am looking forward to bringing my common-sense, blue-collar conservative voice to Newsmax and their viewers as we turn toward the critical 2022 midterm elections and beyond,” said Santorum.

The senator’s return to television represents a reversal of CNN’s attempt to cancel him over his remarks at an event on April 23, when he credited the formation of the United States to its founders.

America’s citizens “came here, mostly from Europe, and they set up a country that was based on Judeo-Christian principles,” he said. “Yes, we have Native Americans, but candidly there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture.”

Some of his critics accused him of minimizing the suffering of American Indian tribes, even comparing him to a Holocaust denier.

“The way we treated Native Americans was horrific. It goes against every bone and everything I’ve ever fought for,” Santorum said on his final network appearance on May 3.

He also clarified that he “misspoke,” because he did not make it clear that “I was talking about the founding, and the principles embodied in the founding,” such as “the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence” had little influence from American Indian culture. After the senator’s May 3 appearance on “Cuomo Prime Time,” CNN’s Don Lemon said, “Europeans did not found this country.”

Santorum’s refusal to apologize or backtrack on the Western origins of the U.S. Constitution cost him his job.

“After that appearance, it was pretty clear we couldn’t use him again,” a CNN producer told HuffPost. His firing left CNN without virtually any Republican commentator who hadn’t endorsed Joe Biden.

Later in the month, Santorum hit back at his old network’s embrace of cancel culture. “[A]ppreciate the opportunity that they gave me, but it shows that the Left is intolerant,” he told “Hannity” in May. “And the intolerance of the Left

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