Kay Bailey Hutchison: Obama Has A 'Bias' Against Texas

This is a first I believe in history that a senator and governor has made statements, accusations against the sitting President about their home state. What is up with these two? Not that I think what they are saying is true. But, this President would have a right to swing back at Texas. These two, Hutchison and Perry, have disrepected this President since he got into office. Even before he was actually sworn in, these two had nothing good or nice to say about this President. So although he would be well within his right to have an 'issue' with Texas, I doubt that he does.

President Barack Obama is messing with Texas, the senior senator from that state alleged.

Speaking to MSNBC on Friday, Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison acknowledged that Texas does depend heavily on taxpayer funds –- a paradigm at odds with the state's rights braggadocio that frequently emanates from its capital in Austin. But still, Hutchison said, she felt that the Obama White House looked down, if not stigmatized, the Lone Star State.

"I see a bias in this administration against Texas… yes, I do see it in this administration, absolutely. We didn't get the help in the wildfires that I think any other state would have gotten," said Hutchison. "I think if you look at the things that have not happened in Texas, I think it is pretty clear that there is a bias against Texas. Even in the border issues we are not getting the help we should have from the federal government to secure the 1,200-mile border we have with Mexico. So I do think that a lot of the rhetoric has rubbed the administration wrong, and we have had to fight hard for our fair share."

This acute distrust with the Obama administration is nothing new for prominent Texas Republicans. The Gov. Rick Perry, who is a rumored GOP presidential candidate, has hinted that the state would be better off seceding from the United States.

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