BuzzFeed - "Just be very, very transparent in the investigation, and lay the facts out, and the facts will speak for themselves ? as they should." Scott Olson / Getty Images Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that the death of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail cell "needs to be investigated with great transparency." Perry's comments came in an interview with radio host Mike Gallagher. "I think you deal with this with transparency; I think that's the real issue here," said Perry. "Just be very, very transparent in the investigation, and lay the facts out, and the facts will speak for themselves â as they should." Perry then pivoted to touting his record as governor of Texas, telling Gallagher that "the other issue here" is that "if you're African-American in Texas, you live in a state where your chances of success in life are better than any other state in the nation." Perry sai
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