Hours before the second foreign policy debate this campaign season, Rick Perry called for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder based on his handling of Operation Fast and Furious, and should Holder refuse to resign, the Texas governor says President Obama should fire him.
“Mr. Holder’s proclaimed ignorance leaves Americans to draw one of two conclusions: Either he is guilty of extraordinary bureaucratic incompetence or he is guilty of a cover-up meant to shield him from the consequences of an operation that has left at least one federal agent dead and continues to imperil many more,” Perry wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Times. “Either way, it is high time for Mr. Holder to step down. If he refuses to resign, Mr. Obama must fire him immediately.”
Perry is the second presidential candidate to call for Holder’s resignation after Rep. Michele Bachmann voiced her position last week.
Perry highlighted the impact of the operation and detailed the information Holder provided during a congressional investigation into Fast and Furious.
“Hundreds of Fast and Furious firearms have been implicated in criminal activity, and another 1,400 firearms are on the street because the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives engaged in gun-walking – the selling of firearms to straw purchasers in an attempt to locate major weapons traffickers in Mexico. This controversial tactic, involving thousands of weapons, means that brave law enforcement personnel along the border remain at risk,” Perry wrote in the op-ed. “As details come to light, a larger shadow has been cast on Mr. Holder. When initially asked under oath to say when he first knew about Fast and Furious, Mr. Holder told the House Judiciary Committee on May 3, ‘I’m not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.’
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QUIT ? He should be TAR & FEATHERED and railroaded out of town!!
He should stand in front of a court of Law to answer for his negligence. He is not above the law,but thinks he is. To oust him from office, is the easy way out for him.
Holder should arrested,Perry needs to pull his head out of that dark place.
"Rick Perry Says Eric Holder Should Quit Over Guns Deal"
NO!
eric holder should be in jail just loke any other citizen who traffic's in illegal firearms.
and so should his boss, obozo.
NO,NO, NO! Firing is to good for Holder, He should be arrested and tried for the traitor he is!
H needs to go and then some!
Those laws were made for you and me to obey not Obama and his band of thugs ,Holder won't resign and Obama won't fire him ,and noone will do anything about it ,and they know it ,just one more way of thumbing their nose at we the people.