Last week Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted for abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. Back in April, Travis County District Attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, was pulled over for and eventually plead guilty to drunk driving. The thing is, the District Attorney just so happened to be a Democrat. Perry then asked Lehmberg to resign. He even publicly threatened to veto a bill that would cost her unit 7.5 million in funding. Lehmberg still refused to resign so Perry vetoed the bill and her unit had to lay off staff, and shrink overall operations. It also just so happens that Lehmberg's unit investigated cases of corruption and that some of the people that were under investigation may have ties to Perry. After all of this happened Perry was indicted for the charges mentioned above.
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This is Perry's mugshot taken in Travis County
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After all of this, Rick Perry has decided to take to the road and visit several states in preparation for what seems like a 2016 run for President.
Things to discuss:
How will this affect Perry's popularity?
Do you think he will be convicted of these charges?
How do you think this will affect his possible run in 2016?
Articles:
A confident Rick Perry hits the road after indictment
Rick Perry's Indictment
Texas Governor Rick Perry tries to turn Indictment into Election Gold
Yes, Rick Perry could end up doing time
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