Presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Thursday denounced comments made by his fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who recently called Mexican immigrants “rapists” and drug dealers.
“I don’t think Donald Trump’s remarks reflect the Republican party,” Perry said when asked about Trump at a National Press Club event. “I think the Republican party is reflected in people like me. It’s reflected in individuals like Eva Guzman, who is the first Latina that (sic) was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.”
Two other Republican presidential candidates, former New York Gov. George Pataki and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) also condemned Trump’s comments.
Pataki sent a letter to his fellow Republican candidates, calling on them to denounce Trump’s comments.
But Graham indicated that Trump’s comments had nothing to do with the Republican party.
“What Trump said says more about Trump than anybody else,” Graham told reporters on Wednesday at an event in Iowa, according to the Huffington Post.
“I don’t need a letter from Gov. Pataki,” Graham said of Pataki’s letter. “I said from day one, when you label a group of people as rapists and drug dealers, says more about you then it says about them.”