The latest bit is from an item identified a while ago as a text message from former Energy Secretary Rick Perry to Mark Meadows right after Trump’s defeat. Rick Perry says he's thinking about running for president https://t.co/CKSSEGBGvi — Tim Hogan 浩勤 (@TimInHonolulu) May 15, 2023Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry (R-TX) told CNN's Jim Acosta that he was pondering whether to run for president again. Rick Perry tells @Acosta that he is thinking about running for the GOP nomination in 2024, "It's still early in the process, so I haven't written off that." A spokesman for Perry told CNN that the former Energy Secretary denies being the author of the text. Multiple people who know Rick Perry confirmed to CNN that the phone number the committee has associated with that text message is Perry’s number.

Source: CNN May 15, 2023 05:16 UTC