Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 1:31:06 GMT -6
A portrait of former Governor Rick Perry by artist, James Tennison sits on an easel as Gov. Perry gives a speech during the his portrait installation ceremony held at the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas, on Friday, May 6, 2016. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Amid veep talk, Rick Perry portrait unveiled in Capitol, sans glasses
Former Gov. Rick Perry’s official portrait was unveiled Friday at the Capitol Rotunda, and no, he is not wearing the brainy hipster glasses he used to rebrand himself going into his second presidential run.
But the actual Perry was wearing them to see the oil painting hung on a day that broke with a “Thank you Rick!” tweet from Donald Trump amid speculation that Perry might be called upon to help make America great again.
The speculation was mostly generated by Perry telling CNN on Thursday that he would say yes if Trump asked him to be his vice presidential running mate — the same Trump whom Perry last July called a know-nothing “cancer on conservatism.”
“We haven’t had a conversation in probably six months,” Perry told reporters after the unveiling ceremony, adding that he thought his governing experience could serve the country and, “if Donald Trump says, ‘Perry, let’s talk about you helping in this role,’ I’m open to it.”
Read more: www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/rick-perry-portrait-unveiled-in-capitol-rotunda-sa/nrJCx/