“It’s shocking, frankly,” Rick Santorum said today of accusations that JPMorgan Chase asked employees about their sexual orientation and whether they consider themselves “allies” of the LGBT community. “You would think that would be some violation,” Santorum told The Daily Signal in an interview after he spoke at The Heritage Foundation for the annual leadership summit of the Eagle Forum Collegians.

“It seems like there’s an element of  intimidation in trying to shape people’s points of view, and maybe even have punishment for people who don’t share the ‘proper’ point of view,” the former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate said.  Watch the video for his full response.

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  •  Alex Anderson and Monica Sanchez co-produced this video.