Texas Gov Rick Perry was indicted on 2 felony charges for refusing to fund the office of the Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg, who has pleaded guilty to DUI charges and who Perry wants removed from office.
Lehmberg drove drunk, threatened and spat on police and had to be retrained by jailers, yet refuses to step down from office.
“The Texas Constitution gives the governor the power to veto legislation, and a criminal indictment predicated on the exercise of his constitutional authority is, on its face, highly suspect, ” stated Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Sunday that his indictment on abuse of power and coercion charges is just the latest example of “out of control” government at all levels, comparing the case with the Obama administration’s failure to secure the U.S. border and the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups.
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Mr. Perry, a Republican eyeing a second run for president in 2016, said the people of his state and all across the nation desperately want government officials to return to doing their jobs, enforcing the law and not overstepping their boundaries.
“We’re not securing the border as the Constitution calls for us to. When you add the IRS scandal that’s going on and the outside the rule of law there and then you look at what happened in Austin, Texas, with this grand jury, I think there is some extraordinary concern in this country about the rule of law not being followed and too many things are being decided in arenas that shouldn’t be decided from the standpoint of a government that’s out of control,” Mr. Perry said.
“People want to get back to the rule of law and knowing with certainty that our border is going to be secure, that the IRS is not going to come knocking on their door looking for things and that the NSA is not listening in on our phone conversations,” he said.
Mr. Perry was indicted on two felony counts last week for making good on a threat to veto $7.5 million in state funds from a District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, who was arrested last year for drunk driving.
Having lost faith in Ms. Lehmberg, the governor said he stands by his actions.
“If I had to do it again I would make exactly the same decision,” he said.
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Throw this criminal in jail!
That’s because she is an arrogant, Democritin Cur!
It’s political bull $#%&!@*!!
Perry is one of the BEST GOV’S in this COUNTRY!!! The county that filed this SHOULD BE ASHAMED of themselfs period!!!
Wow….he had all legal rights to his action! People need to stand up for what is right!
This is what the progressive commie left does when you actually do something our commie regime won’t do, protect our borders
if she was in fact guilty she should face the punishment–you people so high up believe you all are above the law—newsflash–your not!!
Guess who is behind this.
Wow so does this mean we can do this to Obama!! Lets impeach instead!!
Someone drums up bogus charges of abuse of power for Gov. Rick Perry (and I‘m sure we all know who is behind this)in retaliation for Perry protecting America. But Washington does nothing about Obama, (THE REAL ABUSE OF POWER) Holder and Reid for destroying America.