Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum if Republicans who are calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over ATF’s botched Operation Fast and Furious are politicizing the issue.
“So far, there is no clear evidence Holder knew about the controversial aspects of the operation, and he points out that he actually helped stop it when it came to his attention. Are you and other Republicans politicizing this issue as General Holder claims?” Kelly asked.
Perry didn’t directly respond to Kelly’s question, but said he Holder should resign even if he didn’t know about what had been a low-profile investigation based in the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s office until whistleblowers alleged ATF agents had let guns walk.
“If I’m the president of the United States, and I find out that there is an operation like Fast and Furious and my attorney general didn’t know about it, I would have him resign immediately,” Perry said.
Santorum said he agreed with Perry.
“If he was the attorney general under me, I’d fire him. Not have him resign. Fire him. This is something he should have been aware of and something that should have been stopped and should haven’t started in the first place,” Santorum said.
