Perry no longer wants to eliminate the department he’d head

Posted by | January 19, 2017 15:20 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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It’s been five years since “oops” slipped out of Rick Perry at a presidential debate where he forgot which government departments he would want to eliminate. Now that he is about to become a member of Donald Trump‘s presidential cabinet, Perry says that he now regrets his previous position that the U.S. ought to do away with the Energy Department.

Perry sat before the Senate today for a confirmation hearing about his nomination to become Secretary of Energy in the upcoming administration. When he was asked about his previous comments, Perry told the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that he has renounced them after reconsidering his view.

“My past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the Department of Energy do not reflect my current thinking,” Perry said. “In fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the Department of Energy, I regret recommending its elimination.”

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7 responses to Perry no longer wants to eliminate the department he’d head

  1. anothertoothpick January 19th, 2017 at 15:56

    He thought they said department of executions

    .

  2. amersham1046 January 19th, 2017 at 16:13

    ‘my current thinking’, a true GOP oxymoron

    • bpollen January 20th, 2017 at 07:26

      It’s still true after you eliminate the “oxy” part..

  3. labman57 January 19th, 2017 at 20:17

    “I regret recommending its elimination.”

    The appropriate response would be:
    “Apology accepted. Appointment denied.”

    Alas, the GOP is fully prepared to rubber-stamp any ethically-bankrupt moron that Donnie selects for his cabinet.

  4. fahvel January 20th, 2017 at 01:32

    “briefed” – that’s the definition of the entire cabinet and their fkn boss.

    • oldfart January 20th, 2017 at 09:43

      Brief, the expectation of their stay in Washington.

  5. robert January 20th, 2017 at 02:02

    Rick was the first of 18 eliminated during the 2016 debates

    It’s not like nobody gave a sh*t what he said They just wanted him off the stage

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