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Rick Santorum Clarifies Support For Bruce Jenner: "I Know What Anatomically And Biologically He Is"

Earlier this month, Rick Santorum dumbfounded us by showing compassion and support for Bruce Jenner.

“If he says he’s a woman, then he’s a woman,"  the once-and-future POTUS candidate declared at a South Carolina gathering. "My responsibility as a human being is to love and accept everybody."

It was a particularly enlightened comment for a man who has taken staunch anti-LGBT stances in his political career.

Related: Rick Santorum On Bruce Jenner: We Should "Love And Accept" Him

So we should have expected Santorum would clarify his comments to make clear he doesn't actually embrace Jenner's identity.

“What I said was, 'I think you have to treat every person with dignity and respect, period.' That’s the bottom line,” he explained. “If Bruce Jenner says he’s woman then I’m not gonna argue with him."

Here's where things got rough: "I know what anatomically and biologically he is. That doesn’t change by himself identifying himself [as a woman]. His genetics and DNA isn’t changing, but out of respect, as you said, I’m not gonna argue if Bruce Jenner’s a woman with Bruce Jenner. I’m gonna treat him with dignity and respect and that’s what I said."

Listen to Santorum's full comments below.

h/t BuzzFeed

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