CNN has terminated its contract with former Sen. Rick Santorum over his public relations fumbles as he received backlash for remarks about early U.S. history, a representative for the network confirmed to the Washington Examiner.

The cable news network quietly ended its contract with Santorum after the Pennsylvania Republican mishandled his interview on CNN‘s Cuomo Prime Time, squandering his opportunity to repair the damage from prior remarks that were deemed insulting to Native Americans, a CNN senior executive told HuffPost.