Rick Perry has finally lost it over Donald Trump

Rick Perry
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Not too many of Donald Trump's fellow 2016 presidential candidates have truly thrown themselves into the ring against the real estate mogul just yet (many, in fact, likely see themselves as being above swinging punches in The Donald's intellectual weight class). However, Rick Perry is more than game. Today he declared that enough is enough — after all, during one of Trump's Trumpier speeches yesterday, Perry was personally insulted. "[Perry] put on glasses so people think he's smart," Trump claimed. "People can see through glasses."

Not one to be one-upped in the game of "I know you are but what am I," Perry had a few words to fire back at Trump during a speech in Austin, which was calmly titled, "Defending Conservatism Against the Cancer of Trump-ism." In it, Perry offered his supporters a handy glossary of what, exactly, The Donald is:

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.