Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2016/Civil liberties
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 Rick Perry |
Governor of Texas (2000-2015) Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1998-2000) Texas Agriculture Commissioner (1990 - 1998) Texas House of Representatives (1984-1990) |
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- Rick Perry made news in July 2015 with a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on the topic of the Republican Party and race relations.
| “ | For too long, we Republicans have been content to lose the black vote, because we found we didn’t need it to win. But, when we gave up trying to win the support of African-Americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as the party of Lincoln, as the party of equal opportunity for all. It’s time for us, once again, to reclaim our heritage as the only party in our country founded on the principle of freedom for African-Americans. | ” |
| —Rick Perry, speech at the National Press Club, [3] | ||
- In a letter to ranking members of the House Committee on the Judiciary in March 2014, Perry called on Congress to develop a policy to protect Americans from the dangers of online gambling. Perry cautioned, "[W]hen gambling occurs in the virtual world, the ability of the states to determine whether the activity should be available to its citizens and under what conditions – and to control the activity accordingly – is left subject to the vagaries of the technological marketplace."[4][5]
- At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in January 2014, Perry opposed decriminalizing marijuana in Texas, but suggested "states ought to be able to experiment with drug policy," according to the Austin American-Statesman.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ CNN, "Rick Perry launches comeback White House bid," June 4, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Rick Perry wants to reach out to black people. He’ll have to do a lot better." July 3, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "March 2014 Letter from Governor Rick Perry," March 24, 2014
- ↑ The Hill, "Rick Perry pushes 'time-out' for online gambling," March 25, 2014
- ↑ Austin American-Statesman, "Gov. Rick Perry, in Davos, touts Texas as model for progressive drug policy short of decriminalization," January 23, 2014
