Perry gets number of justices on Supreme Court wrong, forgets Sotomayor’s name
By Associated Press,
Updated: Friday, December 9, 5:40 PM
DES MOINES — Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday there are eight Supreme Court justices, not nine, and couldn’t remember Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s name in an editorial board meeting with The Des Moines Register newspaper.
Perry’s repeated stumbles are keeping him from steadying his Republican presidential campaign with less than a month remaining before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.
On Friday, Perry criticized Obama for his two Supreme Court nominees. “When you see his appointment of two, from my perspective, inarguably activist judges, whether it was .” he said, trailing off.
He paused for six seconds. “Not Montemayor,” he said.
(More here.)
Updated: Friday, December 9, 5:40 PM
DES MOINES — Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday there are eight Supreme Court justices, not nine, and couldn’t remember Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s name in an editorial board meeting with The Des Moines Register newspaper.
Perry’s repeated stumbles are keeping him from steadying his Republican presidential campaign with less than a month remaining before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.
On Friday, Perry criticized Obama for his two Supreme Court nominees. “When you see his appointment of two, from my perspective, inarguably activist judges, whether it was .” he said, trailing off.
He paused for six seconds. “Not Montemayor,” he said.
(More here.)
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