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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Perry: Charleston massacre was an ‘accident’ caused by drugs — not guns
Rick Perry, the former Texas governor and current Republican presidential candidate, described the mass shootings of nine black worshipers by an apparent white supremacist as an accident caused by drug abuse.
The GOP candidate appeared Friday on Steve Malzbergs Newsmax TV program to complain that President Barack Obama had already politicized the massacre at the Charleston, South Carolina, church in his ongoing effort to restrict gun rights, reported Right Wing Watch.
This is the (modus operandi) of this administration, any time there is an accident like this, Perry said. The president is clear, he doesnt like for Americans to have guns and so he uses every opportunity, this being another one, to basically go parrot that message.
Malzberg, who on Thursday hosted a frequent Fox News guest who said whites would likely kill even more blacks if Obama keeps calling them racist, asked Perry whether the massacre was an act of terror.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/rick-perry-charleston-massacre-was-an-accident-caused-by-drugs-not-guns/
JanMichael
(24,890 posts)i wish him nothing but negative things.
Chemisse
(30,813 posts)That is the most offensive comment I have heard yet on this killing spree.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)to a church and it accidentally killed 9 people. That's more than an accident, that's a fucking miracle.