Yes, I'm sure he is. So were GHWB and GWB.
But they're also wrong, and that makes their intentions and personal attributes irrelevant.
Perry is only operating in the theater of what is real.
Gregg Abbott who I very much respect was just ballyhooed here recently for getting onboard popular sentiment over the BLM’s over reach.
His words were cautious but he took to popular sentiment.
If Abbott loses will we call him a traitor?
That is the sort of thing Perry is dealing with.