Ron Paul calls the indictment of Rick Perry “a joke,” slams the prosecuting district attorney

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Ron Paul calls the indictment of Rick Perry “a joke,” slams the prosecuting district attorney

Ron Paul calls the indictment of Rick Perry “a joke,” slams the prosecuting district attorney for abusing her power
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 9:02am | posted by Jason Pye

Former Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) and Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) may not see eye to eye on many political and policy issues, but that didn’t stop Paul, a two-time Republican presidential candidate, from tearing into the indictment:

“This is pure politics, I tell ya. This is really a joke,” Paul told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Monday.

The former Texas congressman made sure to mention that he doesn’t “generally defend our governor very much,” saying Perry’s record on civil liberties and foreign policy is “a disaster.”

But in this case, he added, “the abuse of power comes more from the DA’s office than the governor’s office.”

Paul and Perry ran for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The two had an apparent confrontation during a commercial break at a September 2011 debate, during which Perry placed his right hand on Paul’s arm and held pointed his left pointer finger at his opponent in a lecturing manner.

Paul later played down the incident, telling a crowd of supporters that he couldn’t recall what he and Perry discussed.

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[TaftFan]

Come on Rand. Now even your dad has commented on this before you have!

 

[PierzStyx]

Let's not miss the big picture here folks. Ron is a Texan. Perry is his governor. If anyone has any right to comment on the state of Texas politics, it would be teh electorate of Texas, of which Ron is a member of since he lives there. Rand is not.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Honestly I have no idea about all of these internal politics, and I don't really have the inclination to go and figure it all out. Ron Paul has enough trust with me that I will just take him at his word.