Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry Announces 2016 Presidential Run
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry announced this week that he will be pursuing a second attempted presidential run in 2016.
Perry made his announced from an airport in Addison, Texas this week, telling the crowd that he hope to become Commander-in-Chief following the presidency of Barack Obama.
"We will make it through the Obama years," Perry told the crowd, adding "It's time."
"I am running for the presidency of the United States of America," Perry added.
The former Texas governor is the most recent in a long line of GOP figures who have decided to run for president in 2016, including Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, brother to former U.S. President George W. Bush.
Some media outlets have questioned Perry's intent to run following his loss to gain the GOP nomination during the 2012 presidential election.
Perry's wife, Anita, recently told CNN that while she pushed her husband to run in 2012, this time around she plans to take a more gentle approach to his decision to campaign.
"I did coax him to run, and I look back now and perhaps I should've stepped back a little bit," the 63-year-old wife of the former Texas governor told CNN. "I am at peace with whatever he does. I really had to dig deep and go back in my faith and that was a pretty dark time for us."
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