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Rick Santorum said Monday that there should "absolutely not" be a national conference on race relations, as some have suggested, in light of the Trayvon Martin shooting.

The Republican presidential candidate went on to say he hoped the focus would remain "on the people who are involved" and encouraged patience in allowing the judicial process to play out.

The question of a national conference on race was posed to Santorum by talk radio host Laura Ingraham Monday.

"Absolutely not," Santorum said. "This is either a very disturbed man or circumstances that we’re not aware of that may or may not come out of this case. Let the case play out, and let’s find out what the facts are. As I’ve saidâ€"I’ve condemned this. It looks to me as a heinous act. But you know what, let the process work. Let’s find out what’s really going on here. And let’s just focus on the people who are involved."

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