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Photo 1 of Rick Perry at the Iowa Freedom Summit
January 24, 2015--Former Gov. Rick Perry stayed fairly close, but not 100-percent glued to his prepared remarks.  He emphasized job creation.  "We have this tremendous opportunity to put forward this pro-growth agenda that returns jobs from overseas, increases wages, and allows the middle class families to once again climb the ladder of success after a lost decade of economic decline," he stated.  He highlighted his record in Texas, stating a familiar statistic, "You see in the last 14 years, Texas has created almost one-third of all the new jobs in America."  Well into his speech, more than half way through, Perry addressed illegal immigration, and at that point protesters from the DREAM Action Coalition in the balcony started shouting.  The protesters really energized the crowd; one can joke that Perry might consider hiring them for future speeches.  Finally, the word "revival" seems quite fashionable; Perry used it three times in his speech (it appeared once in prepared remarks and he twice replaced renewal (prepared remarks) with revival).  [transcript]
Photo 2 of Rick Perry at the Iowa Freedom Summit
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Perry, who finshed his 14 years of service as governor just days ago on the 20th, also did events on Sunday and Monday.  On the afternoon of January 25 he did a meet and greet at the Pizza Ranch in Indianola, and on the morning of January 26 he did a breakfast with the Republican Jewish Coalition at Maccabee's Kosher Deli in Des Moines.
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