Jindal, Paul Use Perry Dropout to Attack Trump: ‘Better Man Than You’ll Ever Be’

Rick Perry announced he’s dropping out of the 2016 race today, and immediately afterwards, his GOP rivals took to Twitter to say nice things about him. And, surprisingly, Donald Trump––who’s insulted Perry over and over during the campaign––reacted with graciousness.

Well, Bobby Jindal and Rand Paul also reacted too with kind words for Perry, but they also took broad swipes at Trump by saying Perry’s a much better man than he:

.@realDonaldTrump Attacked him one day. Praised him today. Sounding like a typical politician. Rick is a better man than you'll ever be.

— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) September 11, 2015

What does it say about GOP when a 3 & half term Gov w/ a successful record of creating jobs bows out as a reality star leads in the polls?

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 11, 2015

Paul’s been going after Trump for a while now, and Jindal’s been on the warpath against the GOP frontrunner all week.

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