Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on Sunday his supporters need to fight to keep supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) from influencing the GOP platform.

"I like the platform that we have now," Santorum told host George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week." "I'm concerned that Ron Paul and some of his supporters out there are looking for a platform fight, and I want to make sure we have strong, principled conservatives there who stood with me in our primary fight to go there and counterbalance the effect of the Paul folks."