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Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst Goes Rogue on Rick Perry

Oct 10, 2011
Joe Hyde

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Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, a Republican, went rogue this morning on Houston's KTRH 740 radio.

"I'm supporting Rick Perry for president. We agree on so, so many things. But on the case of in-state tuition, where folks are here illegally, I have a real problem," Dewhurst said.

Dewhurst is running for the U.S. Senate to replace outgoing Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. This is a case of Dewhurst wanting to distance himself from the issue that has plagued Texas Governor Rick Perry with the conservative base of the G.O.P. Dewhurst is in a five-way race to win the Senate nomination for the G.O.P. in Texas.

"To give them [children of illegal immigrants] benefits is to reward those who have been here illegally, and I have a real problem with that," Dewhurst piled on.

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