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Perry 'taken aback' by debate crowd reaction
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Sep 13, 2011 12:46pm |
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| Author | Carrie Dann |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 06:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | TAMPA, FL -- The morning after a sometimes-rocky appearance in front of a Tea Party debate audience, Gov. Rick Perry said he was "taken aback" by cheers from some crowd members on a hypothetical question of whether a young man who decides not to buy health insurance should be refused care if he develops a life-threatening illness and be left to die.
"I was a bit taken aback by that myself," Perry told NBC News and the Miami Herald after appearing at a breakfast fundraiser in Tampa.
"We're the party of life. We ought to be coming up with ways to save lives."
Perry distinguished from that the issue of "justice," reiterating his strong support and "respect" for the death penalty on a state-by-state basis. "But the Republican party ought to be about life and protecting, particularly, innocent life," he added. |
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