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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