Rick Perry: Texans Will Go More Than Three Days With No Electricity To Keep The Feds “Out Of Their Business”

The Houston Chronicle reports:

In a blog posted on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s website, Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is quoted responding to the claim that “those watching on the left may see the situation in Texas as an opportunity to expand their top-down, radical proposals.”

“Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government out of their business,” Perry is quoted as saying. “Try not to let whatever the crisis of the day is take your eye off of having a resilient grid that keeps America safe personally, economically, and strategically.”

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