Rick Perry on Trump: ‘We Don’t a Republican Divider in Chief’

‘We need a president of the United States who is going to bring this country together’

TAPPER:  “Joining me now is Republican presidential candidate former Texas Governor, Rick Perry.  Governor Perry, thanks so much for joining us. Trump originally started getting criticism from his fellow Republican candidates after he seemed to suggest that a majority of the illegal Mexican immigrants crossing the border were being sent by Mexico and were criminal, were rapists and drug dealers.  You are the longest-serving governor, I believe, in Texas history. Is that accurate? Is that an accurate description of the illegal immigrants from Texas - from Mexico?”

PERRY:  “Well, it is not. And that was one of the reasons that -- again, that we pushed back on his statements and that type of casting aspersion, that kind of painting with such a broad brush, when the facts don't back that up. We need a president of the United States that is going to bring this country together. We need a -- after six-and-a-half years of a president who has divided this country along a lot of different lines, we don't need a Republican divider in chief. And I think that is where a lot of us are coming down, is that after six-and-a-half years of really difficult time for this country, economically, foreign policy-wise, not taking care of our border and securing it, those are some real issues. And Mr. Trump has -- he has touched on those, but I think we really have to be wise about how we have this conversation.  We have got to be thoughtful about coming up with real solutions that work, not just throwing ideas out there to get a reaction in an almost reality TV type of way. I do not get to work on reality TV. I have to work in the real world.”

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Rick Perry on Trump: ‘We Don’t Need a Republican Divider-in-Chief’