Rick Perry: Trump Made ‘Huge Error,’ Painted Mexicans with Broad Brush

Texas Governor Rick Perry said on Fox News yesterday that Donald Trump was absolutely wrong in his comments about Mexican immigrant criminals and rapists.

Perry told Charles Payne, “I don’t think he’s reflecting the Republican party with his statements about Mexicans. I think that was a huge error on his part.”

He said Trump painted all Mexicans “with a very broad brush,” and contrasted The Donald’s “shoot from the hip” style with his own experience, saying, “Nobody knows that border better than I do.”

Perry deferred a bit on the question of whether companies like NBC and Macy’s are right to dump Trump, but said he didn’t like the “Mexicans are bad people” implication of Trump’s remarks.

And then… oh, you’ll never guess what happened next… Trump responded, this time with a backhanded compliment

As Governor of Texas, Rick Perry could have done far more to secure the border – but that's O.K., I like him anyway! @GovernorPerry

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2015

Watch the video below (the Trump talk starts a little after the 5-minute mark), via Fox News:

[h/t National Memo]
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