Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” while discussing President Barack Obama mocking the Republicans candidates complaining about the CNBC debate moderators, Republican presidential candidate former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)  likened that to “the pot calling the kettle black.”

Santorum  said, “You talk about the pot calling the kettle black right there. This is ridiculous. The president avoids every tough interview, won’t go on Fox News, gets really prickly if anybody who dares to ask him a tough question. And as been the absolute — You talk about a punching bag for Putin and for the Iranians. This is a president who can’t handle any foreign leader and to have the audacity to challenge Republicans in this outrageous conduct by CNBC is just classic Obama. Here’s a guy who’s the epitome of ‘I’m not standing up to tough leaders.”

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