Rick Perry Signed Reduced Budget On DPS Border Security, Wants GOP To Kill Bill Addressing Crisis
Perry's biggest "oops" moment may not be that he couldn't remember the 3rd federal agency he'd like to nix as president, but that he signed a budget in 2013 that reduced the amount of state money allocated for border security to the DPS.
Today Rick Perry made the rounds on national TV to berate the White House over its handling of the border situation, but he also told Britt Hume of Fox News that he does not support Congress appropriating the $3.7 billion that President Obama has suggested to address the problem.
More on Perry's current budget cuts to border security below the jump...
Perry chided Obama for missing a photo op along the border, but when it was his turn, instead of meeting with the children or charity groups he took to a boat with Sean Hannity and a machine gun.
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