Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) issued the following statement in response to news that former Governor Rick Perry had suspended his presidential campaign.
Rick Santorum said:
"Rick Perry is a great man and a committed public servant. One of the blessings of the 2012 Republican presidential primary was getting to know Rick and his family. He became a truly wonderful friend and I am grateful for that bond each day. I wish him, his wife Anita, and their children nothing but the best. I am sure this is not the end of Governor Perry's service to our nation."
Rick Santorum, Statement by Rick Santorum on the Rick Perry Campaign Suspension Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/312005