March 25, 2012
Green Bay, WI - Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum made the following statement upon hearing that former Vice President Dick Cheney had received a heart transplant.
Rick Santorum said: "Karen and I would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to the Vice President for a speedy recovery. I have known the Vice President for many years and I know Vice President Cheney to be a fighter. We wish him well in his time of recuperation and we will pray for the entire Cheney family."
Rick Santorum, Statement by Rick Santorum Expressing Well-Wishes to Former Vice President Cheney Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/301272