Dick Armey blames Republican leaders for allowing candidates to say ‘dumb things’

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) says that some tea party candidates lost in 2012 because leaders of the Republican Party did not stop them from saying “dumb things.”

Armey, who recently agreed to step down as the head of FreedomWorks for an $8 million payout, on Monday suggested that former Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin and former Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock had lost because the Republican Party had not taught them to keep their controversial opinions about rape to themselves.

“We had a lot of candidates, quite frankly, that did dumb things out there,” he told CBS host Norah O’Donnell. “Once the candidate wins the primary, becomes the Republican nomination, the Republican Party has an obligation to that candidate. I don’t think the Republican Party schooled their candidates very well or supported their candidates very well.”

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!!!