In interview with CNBC’s John Harwood, Texas topper dismisses potential criticism of his tax plan from the Romney camp, calls the Bay Stater a “fat cat.”
Harwood: “In 1996, when your adviser Steve Forbes was running on a flat tax, Mitt Romney said it was a tax cut for fat cats. If he says that about your plan, what are you going to say to him?”
Perry: “I would say that he ought to go look in the mirror, I guess. I consider him to be a fat cat.”
Read the full transcript of John Harwood’s interview with the Texas topper.
