Andrea Mitchell Trashes Perry Moments Before He Announces 2016 Bid

Kyle Drennen | June 4, 2015
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During live coverage on Thursday just moments before former Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his 2016 presidential run, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell preemptively dismissed his candidacy: “Why does Rick Perry think that the second time around will work given pretty much a disastrous campaign last time?”

Political correspondent Kasie Hunt, covering Perry’s announcement in Addison, Texas, replied: “Well, Andrea, I think he feels as though he's done a lot of preparation, that he’s fixed the mistakes that he made last time....he wants a shot at redemption in many ways. And this is a little bit what that's about. Right now the country remembers him largely for that ‘Oops’ moment and I think Perry wants to be remembered for something other than that.”

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