CREDIT: AP Former Senator and infamous opponent of LGBT rights Rick Santorum had surprisingly conciliatory things to say about Bruce Jenner this weekend, insisting he would “love and accept” the transgender woman for who he is. While speaking at a Republican Party convention in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday, Santorum was asked by a BuzzFeed reporter to reflect on the recent media blitz surrounding former Olympian Bruce Jenner, who came out as a trans woman last weekend.