Perry's Top 10 Worst Hits
The seemingly inevitable happened last week. When discussing the tragic racially-motivated shooting in Charleston, S.C., that left nine churchgoers dead, Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry majorly flubbed by calling the massacre an accident.
While his campaign jumped to correct Perry, clarifying he meant incident, the damage was done. For the nation, it was another oops moment; for Texans, its just classic Perry.
As Perry announced his second presidential run in early June leading us to believe he just wont go away (no matter how hard Texans will it) in an airplane hangar north of Dallas, amid the backdrop of a country-rap song that made our ears bleed, he reminded America, Our values come from God, not the government. On that note, weve provided another helpful reminder of how terrible a Perry presidency would be by rounding up Gov. Goodhairs Top 10 best or shall we say worst hits. Over the course of his 14 years as governor, Perry has left an indelible mark on the state, mostly for the worse. America: Dont say you werent warned.
1) No Health Care for You: Unlike some flexible Republican governors, Perrys refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act prevented more than 1 million Texans stuck in the coverage gap those earning both too little to purchase their own private insurance and too much to meet Texas' bare-bones Medicaid requirements from accessing health care. Texas continues to have the highest rate of uninsured residents in the nation.
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