Perry blasts Congress as 'Washington outsider'

BETTENDORF, IOWA — Texas Gov. Rick Perry tried to use the tide of disapproval for Congress into a new wave of support for his struggling bid to win the GOP nomination for president.

Perry accused Congress of being “creatures of Washington,” too entrenched in Capitol culture to understand what it’s like to live under the laws they pass, who have “abused the public’s trust, trading inside information to pad their stock portfolios.”