Rick Perry: Obama told governors “If I hear any of you pushing back…you’ll hear from me”
I realize this is a few months old, but in light of the ongoing crisis on the boarder, it’s worth bringing up and remembering.
In February, Texas Governor Rick Perry had some alarming things to say about President Obama’s closed-door meeting with the governors of our 50 states.
from CNS:
"I don’t mind telling you, I was a bit troubled today by the tone of the president," Texas Gov. Rick Perry told reporters outside the White House on Monday, after Obama met with the nation’s governors. Several other Republican governors also took offense at President Obama’s comments on proposed cuts to the National Guard.read the rest
"I hope that we’re not about to make a tragic mistake in this country by hollowing out our Guard in our states…in some political statement of, ‘you’re all going to feel the pain,’ because that’s certainly what I heard from the president of the United States today," Perry said.
"As a matter of fact, he said in that meeting — he said: ‘If I hear any of you pushing back, making statements about Washington spends too much money, you’ll hear from me.’ If I’m a Democrat governor, if I’m a Republican governor, I’m highly offended by that."
Perry accused the president of “making a political statement about the Guard.”
In his announcement on Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Army National Guard, which currently numbers about 355,000 soldiers, would drop to 335,000 by 2017.
Last year, President Obama infamously said, “I am not a dictator.” It’s one thing to say it, and another thing to act upon it. Threatening governors who “push back” or make statements about the corruption in Washington is a completely dictatorial means to govern.
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