MSNBC’s Chris Jansing: Is Rick Perry ‘Too Far Off Even for the GOP?’
Guest hosting for Chris Matthews on Tuesday, MSNBC's Chris Jansing derided Rick Perry, wondering if the Republican presidential candidate is ” too far off even for the GOP ?” Jansing, who normally hosts supposedly straight news coverage for the cable network, attempted to generate controversy over statements Perry made on civil rights. A MSNBC graphic for the segment, mocked, ” I have a scheme .” According to Jansing, Perry's problem answer came in “comparing” the civil rights to cutting corporate tax rates. Here's Perry's full answer: RICK PERRY: America's gone a long way from the standpoint of civil rights and thank God we have. I mean, we've gone from a country that's made great strides in issues of civil rights. I think we all can be proud of that. And as we go forward, America needs to be about freedom. It needs to be about freedom from over taxation, freedom from over-litigation, freedom from over-regulation. And Americans, regardless of social and economic background is, they need to know that they can come to America and you got a chance to have any dream come true, because the economic climate is going to be improved An indignant Jansing huffed, “So, does Perry really believe African-Americans' struggle for civil rights is comparable to the GOP's fight for lower taxes?” Talking to Alex Wagner of the liberal Huffington Post, she slammed, “Is this ignorance?…Is this insensitivity?”
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