Rick Perry, you magnificent bastard …
Rick Perry absolutely tearing into Trump in speech today pic.twitter.com/iMQjjPNbS4
— Jon Ward (@jonward11) July 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/623927694967894016
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/623930151873736704
And how!
My speech on "Defending Conservatism Against the Cancer of @realDonaldTrump-ism" https://t.co/5vGUJphNlk
— Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) July 22, 2015
“@realDonaldTrump couldn’t have endured for five minutes what @SenJohnMcCain endured for five and a half years.” https://t.co/rDc4Hf9KGz
— Team Rick Perry (@TeamRickPerry) July 22, 2015
We recommend you read the whole thing, of course. But here’s a sample of his epic trouncing of Trump:
Conservatism doesn’t foment agitation through identity politics. That’s what Democrats do. But as a supporter of socialized medicine, the stimulus package and Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump is quite suited to follow the Democrats’ example.
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I will not go quiet when this cancer on conservatism threatens to metastasize into a movement of mean-spirited politics that will send the Republican Party to the same place it sent the Whig Party in 1854: the graveyard.
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[John McCain] was a man offered the chance to go home. He refused, knowing it could cost him his life. There was no way he would leave before any man captured before him. This is the embodiment of duty, honor, country. Mr. Trump does not know the meaning of those words.
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Beautiful.
https://twitter.com/georgehartmann/status/623940324046581760
https://twitter.com/freeshiner/status/623939714572283904
https://twitter.com/caitlinrcruz/status/623936682493116416
I read every word of it….I agree with every word of it. Well done by @GovernorPerry #TrumpModernFlimFlamMan https://t.co/sDU1wngGLL
— Michael Hagood (@mlhagood) July 22, 2015
Good for Rick Perry! https://t.co/uaN4zkRJ5W
— (((Keith))) (@kkaplan) July 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/Mattfobrien/status/623937993099898880
https://twitter.com/theshoebart/status/623938431509368832
https://twitter.com/theshoebart/status/623940357068206082
@theshoebart I know right? I got misty in there a few times.
— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) July 22, 2015
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