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Rick Perry to announce presidential run in Texas – live updates Rick Perry to announce presidential run in Texas – live updates
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The introducer is describing Perry’s devotion to the military and his family’s work to help military veterans. He describes the military service of veterans in the audience.
I was immediately struck that this is a man who cares deeply about our nation’s men and women in uniform... so now imagine a president in the White House who won’t cover up the VA waiting list scandal... who has worn the uniform of our nation, who knows what it’s like to serve, and knows the cost born by families of those who do serve.
Rick Perry is true to veterans, and true to their families. That’s why so many are here.”
The introducer also says when Perry married his wife Anita, she helped him with many things in his life “not least of which was his love life [laughter]. Each one of us has been touched by them.”
Piper Perry! With Rick’s wife Anita.
Before we hit the stage, meet my beautiful granddaughter Piper. pic.twitter.com/EgxK37MOiZ
Team Perry is on stage at a small airport in Addison, Texas, outside Dallas. No appearance yet by the governor. He’s being introduced by a Navy Seal. Watch a live stream here.
If you missed former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee’s big announcement yesterday afternoon, you’ll want to know that Chafee called on the United States to adopt the metric system:
Metric system was one line in Chafee's speech but will be the top line. Lesson is if you give the press a centimeter, they take a kilometer
Read Ben Jacobs’ report from the scene for more:
Lincoln Chafee’s presidential announcement was weird, held at a half-empty college auditorium at George Mason University in suburban northern Virginia.
This is the room 15 minutes before Lincoln Chafee is scheduled to announce pic.twitter.com/Y9uToJ24ok
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Sabrina Siddiqui catches Florida Senator and presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Fox:
Rubio on Clinton's age: "I don't think it has anything to do with a person's age. I think it has to do with the age of their ideas."
Also from Rubio:
Rubio tells @OutnumberedFNC his question to Clinton would be: “How do you answer for [Obama administration’s] abysmal foreign policy”?
Rubio declines to say Clinton is corrupt re: emails: “Voters are going to have to decide after we have all the information.”
While we wait for Perry we’re going to round up some politics tidbits you may have missed. For example a reporter on Amtrak this morning showed Martin O’Malley, who declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination on Saturday, the Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair cover, which O’Malley had not seen.
Caitlyn Jenner was formerly Bruce Jenner, the 1976 gold medalist in the decathlon.
“Wow,” O’Malley said, according to the IJReview. It was unclear whether O’Malley was reacting to the radical change in Jenner’s appearance or to Jenner’s disclosure that she is a Republican.
Then O’Malley noted he was the first candidate for the White House ever to use the word “transgender” in his announcement speech. He said:
All of us are included. Women and men. Black and white people. Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Americans. Young and old. Rich and poor. Workers and Business owners. Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and straight Americans.
Every person is important, each of us is needed.
We’re waiting for Perry to come on in about a half hour. Last night as-yet-undeclared presidential candidate Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, played in a charity softball game in Yankee Stadium to benefit a fund for the spouses and children of police officers who fall in the line of duty.We’re waiting for Perry to come on in about a half hour. Last night as-yet-undeclared presidential candidate Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, played in a charity softball game in Yankee Stadium to benefit a fund for the spouses and children of police officers who fall in the line of duty.
Like politics? Like Texas? Happy Thursday!Like politics? Like Texas? Happy Thursday!
Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor in Texas history and a dependable source of unpredictable good fun, is set to make a midday speech near Dallas about his big announcement this morning: he’s running for president.Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor in Texas history and a dependable source of unpredictable good fun, is set to make a midday speech near Dallas about his big announcement this morning: he’s running for president.
Close politics watchers will note that Perry also ran for president in 2012, and that his candidacy went over like a lead zeppelin, encased in concrete. What’s changed? That’s what we’ll be listening for him to explain. Reports have him spending whole days in cramming sessions with policy advisers.Close politics watchers will note that Perry also ran for president in 2012, and that his candidacy went over like a lead zeppelin, encased in concrete. What’s changed? That’s what we’ll be listening for him to explain. Reports have him spending whole days in cramming sessions with policy advisers.
Then this afternoon Hillary Clinton is scheduled to pop up in Houston and deliver a speech about voting rights. A strict Texas voter ID law that opponents warned could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of people was upheld by the supreme court last year.Then this afternoon Hillary Clinton is scheduled to pop up in Houston and deliver a speech about voting rights. A strict Texas voter ID law that opponents warned could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of people was upheld by the supreme court last year.
We’ll take in a lot more politics news today, with Ben Jacobs in Iowa, Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington, Tom Dart in Texas and Tom McCarthy here in New York. Read on ...We’ll take in a lot more politics news today, with Ben Jacobs in Iowa, Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington, Tom Dart in Texas and Tom McCarthy here in New York. Read on ...