Rick Santorum sure has some unique ideas about economics.

Rick SantorumÂ was asked by a Fox Business moderator about the rise in single mothers, saying studies show children generally do better “with two parents,” so naturally the former Pennsylvania SenatorÂ decided to take a swing at same-sex families during tonight’s GOP Debate.

.@RickSantorum said one of America’s biggest problems is the breakdown of the family. #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/YSNrwZH5vu â€” FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) January 14, 2016

“Should the government be doing anything about family formation?,” the Fox Business moderator asked.

“You know we’ve had this debate about the economy,” was Santorum’s response.

He then launched into a rant about children of single parents growing up in single parent neighborhoods and going to single parent schools and not performing well, and blamed it on political correctness.

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Santorum, who is hovering between zero and two percent in both national and battleground state polling, said the American economy won’t be fixed until every child has a “mom and dad” who love them.

Santorum calls for nat’l campaign to “rebuild American family…to give every child its birthright: a mom and day who loves them” #GOPDebate â€” T.J. Holmes (@tjholmes) January 14, 2016

Santorum then told the audience that the president should use the bully pulpit to launch a national campaign to “rebuild the American family.” He insisted the economyÂ will not be fixed until “every child” has “its birthright, which is a mom and a dad who loves them. That will change this economy.”

Note Santorum didn’t say “parents.”

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Some responses via Twitter:

Santorum believes having a Mom and Dad who love you will save the economy…. #puppiesandrainbows #TryAgain #GOPDebate â€” Sammy Smith (@Time4Sammy) January 14, 2016

Watching alternate reality #GOPDebate, Santorum ignores that dad&dad & mom&mom can also successfully raise kids too. â€” Professor Lyrical (@ProfLyrical) January 14, 2016

Santorum – “Give every child a mom and dad who loves them.” I’m fascinated by how love, family is a heteronormative concept. #GOPDebate â€” Parker Quinlan (@parkerquinlan) January 14, 2016

@RickSantorum speaks of a child needing a mom & dad, but is going to ship out moms and dads who are undocumented. Hmm. . . #GOPDebate â€” Yesenia Castillo (@ycastillo77) January 15, 2016

@RickSantorum‘s fool ass just tried to claim that it is a “child’s birthright to have a mom & dad who loves them.” Correction: two parents. â€” S H (@unlearninq) January 14, 2016

@RickSantorum‘s solution for economic inequality – 24/7 coverage of Happy Days and Leave it to Beaver to promote “one dad, one mom” family â€” Ty Son (@tysonfalk) January 14, 2016

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