Governor Rick Perry told a Republican audience at the Midland Country Club Wednesday that he believes the Obama administration is “trying to punish Texas” and that tea parties should be “twice as big”.  Perry’s favorite punching bag (besides the state of California), Washington, D.C., takes a verbal beating.

The complete video from the Midland Reporter-Telegram

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Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006...