Oops! Rick Perry was right all along.

Published May 19, 2026 3:58pm ET




You may have noticed a trend in the past two years: Liberal individuals or publications coming around to realize what conservatives have long known. Positions once mocked and derided become the new “one easy trick.”

Make people pay the fare on the subway, treat parenthood as a uniquely important relationship, pay parents straight cash when they have a baby, and don’t let boys compete in girls’ sports.

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