Republican presidential contender Rick Perry has resurrected the socialist rhetoric against President Barack Obama in a new campaign ad.
The 30-second ad features Obama telling world leaders at an economic forum, “We’ve been a bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades.”
“Can you believe that?” the Texas governor responds in the clip. “That’s what our president thinks is wrong with America? That Americans are lazy?”
Perry then proposes cutting the pay of legislators in the event a balanced budget is not reached.
In closing, Perry launches the socialist jab: “Obama’s socialist policies are bankrupting America. We must stop him now.”
Watch the video below.
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