Perry makes his case to conservative group

Blaze:

Rick Perry’s Texas-Sized Speech Fires Up Conservative Activists

He also introduced a new ad that touts being the only veteran of military service in the race at this point.

I think his best argument is this one:

Fueled by a booming energy industry, Texas added some 1.4 million jobs over the last seven years, jobs that Perry said buoyed the national economy.

“Minus those jobs created in Texas, the U.S. lost a quarter of a million jobs [in the past seven years],” Perry said.
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He also made the case for border enforcement, noting that Texas took steps to secure the border when Obama refused to do so.