Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Comments on Native Americans

  • Network says it has ‘parted ways’ with former GOP senator
  • Said immigrants to U.S. forged culture from ‘blank slate’

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CNN dropped Rick Santorum as a political commentator following an outcry over remarks about Native American culture by the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.

Alison Rudnick, a spokeswoman for CNN, said Saturday the network had “parted ways” with Santorum, without providing additional details.