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Rick Santorum is using his heated confrontation with a New York Times reporter Sunday to raise funds for his presidential campaign, asking supporters to donate the cost of a subscription â€" $30 â€" to help "expose the liberal press for what they are."

"Earlier today, while campaigning in Wisconsin, I criticized Romney and Obama for their outrageous healthcare legislation. Predictably, I was aggressively attacked by a New York Times reporter all too ready to defend the two of them, and all too ready to distort my words," Santorum wrote in an email to supporters. "Let me assure you, I didn't back down, and I didn't let him bully me. I think it is high time that conservatives find the courage to expose the liberal press for what they are, a defender and enabler of Romney's and Obama's liberal agendas."

The confrontation occurred shortly after a speech in Wisconsin in which Santorum said that primary rival Mitt Romney was "the worst Republican in the ! country to put up against Barack Obama."

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