Rick Perry Can’t Remember Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, Flubs Number Of Supreme Court Justices

In yet another oops moment for flailing Republican candidate Rick Perry, the Texas Governor froze up during an interview Friday with the Des Moines Register editorial board when trying to come up with the name of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “When you see his appointment of two, from my perspective, inarguably activist judges whether it was…” Perry sputtered. “Not Montemayor.”

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“Sotomayor,” interjected someone off-camera.

“Sotomayor! Sotomayor…” Perry corrected himself. “And Kagan are both activist judges.”

Later on in the editorial interview, Perry incorrectly referred to the “eight” Supreme Court justices.

“For Washington to tell a local school district that you cannot have a prayer and a time of prayer in that school is, I think, offensive to most Americans,” Perry said. “I trust the people of the states to make those decisions. I trust those independent school districts to make those decisions better than eight unelected, and frankly, unaccountable judges.”

Watch Perry’s oops moment below via the Des Moines Register:

(h/t ThinkProgress)

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