Texas Governor Rick Perry has no interest in meeting President Barack Obama on the tarmac for a handshake and a photo-op. Obama will be arriving in Austin on Wednesday for a Democratic fundraiser.
His office indicated that he’d received the invite from the White House, according to media reports, but opted to reject it. Instead he proposed a counter-offer in a letter to the president.
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“I appreciate the offer to greet you at Austin-Bergstrom Airport, but a quick handshake on the tarmac will not allow for a thoughtful discussion regarding the humanitarian and national security crises enveloping the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas,” Perry wrote on Monday.