Perry rewrites history, claims he never advocated secession
Last night, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Perry showed similar disregard for the truth in claiming that he never suggested Texas might secede from the union:
HANNITY: Some people said, well, you used the term once ‘secession.’ That’s not anything—is that something you believe?
PERRY: No, and I never used that term, at all.
HANNITY: Then why was it reported so heavily?
PERRY: I have no idea to be real honest with you, because it was never a really factual piece of reporting. It was shouted out by an individual at an event—at a Tea Party, actually—and I said ‘listen, America is a great country. We have no reason why we would ever dissolve this union.’
Pay no attention to his previous statement:
‘when we came into the nation in 1845, we were a republic, we were a stand-alone nation. And one of the deals was, we can leave anytime we want. So we’re kind of thinking about that again.’
