Oops! Perry 'accidentally told the truth' about dumping nuclear waste in Nevada, roiling Senate race

[turbinetree]

Trump lies about his plan to flood Nevada with nuclear waste.

JOE ROMM
OCT 31, 2018, 1:24 PM

One thing that unites Nevadans is opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to turn the state into a huge nuclear waste dump.

That’s why many were surprised when Trump suggested he might abandon that policy after touring the state recently with GOP Senator Dean Heller, who is in a tight reelection race against Democrat Jacky Rosen.

But Trump’s Energy Secretary, Rick Perry, admitted on Friday the administration still supports building the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository outside of Las Vegas.

In doing so, Perry effectively spoiled Trump’s effort to help Heller, as Jon Ralston, editor of the Nevada Independent, explained to Bloomberg: “Poor Rick Perry didn’t get the memo and accidentally told the truth.”

https://thinkprogress.org/rick-perry-accidentally-told-the-truth-about-dumping-nuclear-waste-in-nevada-roiling-senate-race-c3945ba499d9/

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Truth will out

[FSogol]

2. When Republicans tell the truth, it is by accident.

[Cha]

3. Thanks "One Two.. ? " Perry!

[AZ8theist]

15. Ha ha...I see what you did there.....!!

[calimary]

19. "Oops."

Dear God, Texas. WHAT ON EARTH were you thinking??? HOW ON EARTH did you find this idiot worthy of your vote? I’ve spent years trying to figure that out. And I’ve failed.

I had arguments with a friend in Texas about this. My friend eagerly gushed about “what a GREAT politician” Perry is/was, whenever the former governor’s name came up. At least until he made that colossally stupid mistake during that debate, that is. It’s been silence on Rick Perry from that friend ever since. Really slammed it shut.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. trumputin lies, rain falls, wind blows

The only question remains, Is Nevada stupid enough to vote another GOPer liar into office?

[lagomorph777]

11. ...wind blows and Russiapublicans suck.

Yeah, as inevitable as death and billionaire tax cuts.

[Cosmocat]

13. God d____

I mean, when will the country at large 1) get it 2) Punish him and the party that enables it (and does it as a matter of business itself)?

[Kurt V.]

5. one of the most important reasons to take back the house.

Oversight! !!

[Soxfan58]

6. Fire him!

He broke the administrations truth-telling policy. Which is to not.

[exboyfil]

7. The only useful thing he as done since becoming

Secretary of Energy

[Gothmog]

8. Governor Goodhair is still an idiot

[Dem_4_Life]

12. Exactly and that will never change.

[Johnyawl]

14. lmao yeah...

...it wasn't that he didn't get the memo, he just didn't understand it.

[Paladin]

9. Glad to see the dumbfuck still hasn't lost his touch. (nt)

[oasis]

10. Dump Heller. nt

[not fooled]

16. Hahaha

For once, putting an idiot in a high-level government position creates blowback for pukes, not just harm to the rest of us.

Oh, and for puke Nevadans: wanna bet donnie thinks of Nevada as a sh*thole state, except for Vegas? And hence worthy of being a nuclear waste dump.

[jalan48]

17. Some of the waste remains toxic for hundreds of thousands of years.

Human written history is about 5000 years. Who's going to be keeping track of the waste 5000 years from now?

[ooky]

18. I guess the glasses didn't make him any smarter.