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Texas Governor Endorses Giuliani
In some parts of Texas, “New York City” is a punchline to a joke. But that didn’t stop Texas Gov. Rick Perry from endorsing former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for president Wednesday.
Neither did their differences over abortion.
At a news conference with Giuliani at a hotel in Washington, Perry, an abortion foe, told reporters that the GOP frontrunner’s support for abortion rights was not a deal breaker for him.
“I go to buy a pickup truck, if it’s got one option on it I’m either not particularly fond of or not looking for, it doesn’t mean I discard that pickup truck,” Perry said in response to a question about the ex-mayor’s liberal social views.
The Texas governor said that in private conversations with Giuliani, the New Yorker had assured him that as president he would appoint judges who view the issue of abortion conservatively.
“The one that I wanted to hear him give me an answer and look me right in the eyes was that issue of who can I expect, what type of individuals can I expect on the Supreme Court,” Perry said.
“He clearly said … you can look for people like (Antonin) Scalia and (John) Roberts and (Samuel) Alito. Let me tell you, I can live with that,” Perry said.
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