Romney’s Automated Phone Calls Accuse Perry in Iowa
In the GOP race to win Iowa, Mitt Romney paid for automated phone calls to the citizens. In the phone messages, Romney’s GOP opponent, Rick Perry, is accused of contributing to illegal immigration in Texas. Perry, the governor of Texas, has been against the construction of fencing along Texas’ border with Mexico. Perry also signed a bill to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants and their children. Texas is the first state to do so. The voice of Sheriff Paul Babeu, a prominent national spokesman against illegal immigration from Southwest Texas, was one of the recorded messages that was played for people who did not answer their phones. These calls come as Romney is shifting his focus in Iowa to the caucuses.
Rick Perry now claims that Romney legalized health care benefits to illegal immigrants in Massachusetts when he was governor. Perry also says that Romney’s actions in Massachusetts made that state a primary target for illegal immigrants.
With these claims from Romney and Perry, I do not think that there is enough evidence to determine who is correct and who is wrong (however, both could be right or wrong). In addition, I think that choosing sides would be unimportant. These accusations are simply a ruse to demoralize the GOP hopefuls.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/04/romney-automated-calls-assail-perry-in-iowa/
