Statements about History

"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!"

Says the U.S. Constitution provides for just compensation when land is taken under eminent domain.

"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."

"Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working."

"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.

Says he said last year there's "absolutely no reason" for Texas to secede.

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