Perry On Bundy Standoff: Feds Creating 'Opportunity For Misfortune'
TOM KLUDT – APRIL 23, 2014, 5:53 PM EDT
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) seemed to suggest Wednesday that any bloodshed spilled in the Bundy Ranch standoff will be the fault of the federal government.
During an appearance on Fox News, Perry defended the armed groups that have camped out in Bunkerville, Nev. this month to show solidarity with defiant rancher Cliven Bundy, who has refused to pay $1 million in cattle grazing fees that he owes the federal government.
When host Stuart Varney asked the governor if he objects to "guys with guns getting together and opposing federal force," Perry brought up what he described as the "bigger issue."
"I have a problem with the federal government putting citizens in the position of having to feel like they have to use force to deal with their own government. That's the bigger issue," Perry told Varney.
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