2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDay After "Accident" Remark, Perry Strikes Somber Tone
WASHINGTON A day after stirring controversy for referring to the Charleston shootings as an "accident," former Gov. Rick Perry at a social conservative event here on Saturday repeatedly called the massacre a hate crime."
We must look at this and understand and respect that this was a clear hate crime, he told reporters after a Faith and Freedom Coalition event in the morning.
Perry who is said to have little room for error in his 2016 presidential bid after his gaffe-filled campaign four years ago found himself at the center of a firestorm on Friday when he described the shootings as an accident and speculated prescription drug abuse as a cause.
The Perry campaign on Friday quickly clarified his statements, saying he intended to say incident. But the flub drew comparisons on social media to Perrys 2011 oops moment, possibly inhibiting his intensive, years-long image rehabilitation effort.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/perry-calls-south-carolina-shootings-hate-crime/
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)And I'm stunned I even said that.
LuvLoogie
(7,082 posts)And both are more charismatic.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)CTyankee
(63,932 posts)has gone through after 2012, they still can't seem to get the message.
Jeez, how much does it take?
question everything
(47,616 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,799 posts)It's more newsworthy when he doesn't screw up. It happens less often.
Aristus
(66,531 posts)I meant 'hate-crime'! My bad!"
apnu
(8,761 posts)Meaning she's calculated and "triangulating" her language based off what she thinks people want to hear.
Yet, here's Perry doing the same thing.