Rick Perry Disavows Tweet Calling Democratic DA a Drunk
Texas Governor Rick Perry deleted an "unauthorized" tweet sent out from his official account on Sunday evening, that included a mocking image of a district attorney who is involved in a criminal indictment against the governor. "I do not condone the tweet and I have taken it down," Perry tweeted from his official account. The removed tweet included an image of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg surrounded by beer bottles with a derisive comment about her drunk driving conviction in 2013. , Lehmberg refused to resign after the conviction, prompting Perry to withhold funding from her office until she stepped down. An indictment last month held that Perry's maneuver might constitute a possible "abuse of power," a charge the governor contests is based on a vague and outdated law.