Perry: Trump’s Mexico ‘Rapist’ Remarks Don’t ‘Reflect’ The GOP

FILE - In this April 25, 2015 file photo, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks in Waukee, Iowa. It’s time for Republican presidential contenders to “Roast and Ride,” a new twist in Iowa’s down-home presidenti... FILE - In this April 25, 2015 file photo, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks in Waukee, Iowa. It’s time for Republican presidential contenders to “Roast and Ride,” a new twist in Iowa’s down-home presidential politicking. A weekend gathering by freshman Sen. Joni Ernst features a pig roast, speeches from seven 2016 hopefuls and a motorcycle ride that promises to get at least a few of them on wheels. It’s a prime political event for Republicans in a state known for a straw poll that is declining in relevance and for an annual steak fry for Democrats that had its last hurrah last year. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) MORE LESS
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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.”

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