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Congressman Alcee Hastings went on a bit of a tear during a House Rules Committee meeting this week, calling Texas "a crazy state to begin with" and
so on and so forth. I would think any fact-checker would have to back him up on that, though someone from Florida is probably not the right person to cast stones, but in any event the entire political population of Texas is up in arms.
In arms, I tells ya!
On Tuesday, all 25 Republicans in the Texas delegation demanded Hastings apologize for the comments, which he made during a Monday House Rules Committee debate over a bill repealing Obamacare.
Not to be outdone, former Texas governor and reliable conduit for much of that crazy
piped up as well.
“He called Texans crazy. He is right,” Perry said at an American Principles Project event Thursday night. “We’re crazy about jobs. We’re crazy about opportunity… And we’re particularly crazy about the Second Amendment and the 10th Amendment. What we’re not crazy about is a government that taxes too much, borrows too much, spends too much.”
It's wonderful that Perry's movement is able to now embrace
two constitutional amendments, though the reason for embracing those two continues to be the theory that with proper application of those particular two, all the other rights can be nullified as Jesus and Sam Adams (the beer, not the patriot) intended. I have high hopes of eventually convincing them of the critical importance of at least
three of those amendments, but this is Rick Perry we're talking about.
Anyway, Hasting's spat with the entire Texas delegation is a glorious thing and one we'll have to keep an eye on. As far as I can tell Rep. Louie America's Dumbest Congressman Gohmert hasn't personally weighed in yet, and he should be good for a long, stream-of-consciousness floor speech in which he blames immigrants, ISIS, and the measles for being behind this plot to mess with Texas. Until then we'll have to settle for the rest of what this debate has brought us, such as better historical knowledge of Texas dildo restrictions.