Former Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) on Thursday argued that the GOP’s crop of 2016 presidential candidates lacks the political seasoning needed for the Oval Office.
The Republican criticized his party’s three official presidential candidates during an address in Nashua, N.H., according to CNN, comparing their lack of experience to that of President Obama when the then-freshman Illinois senator took office.
He added that although he admires Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ted Cruz (Texas), none of them possess the experience the presidency requires.
“Do you want to take a chance on someone who doesn’t have an executive track record of being an executive?” Perry asked reporters after a lunch at the Nashua Country Club.
“When you walk off the Senate floor, you walk off the Senate floor,” he said of the GOP’s current field.
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