Governor Rick Perry and the Secessionists

Published April 20, 2009 12:26 pm ET by Media Matters Action Network

Summary: Washington, DC - Today, Media Matters Action Network released a memo outlining Texas Governor Rick Perry's ties to a Texas secessionist group whose former leaders are responsible for numerous acts of domestic terrorism. "From bomb threats, to kidnapping, to planning attacks using biological weapons, the Texas Nationalist Movement has a long violent history that cannot be ignored," Media Matters Action Network Managing Director Ari Rabin-Havt said. "Governor Perry should be ashamed of his association with these domestic terrorists."

April 20, 2009

To: Interested Parties

From: Ari Rabin-Havt
Managing Director
Media Matters Action Network

Re: Governor Rick Perry and the Secessionists

Texas Governor Rick Perry's comments suggesting that Texas could secede from the union, made at a Tea Party protest on Wednesday, have been widely discussed in the media. However, what has not been fully vetted is the Governor's relationship with extreme secessionist groups.

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