If there was going to be a moment of levity during Donald Trump's Cabinet hearings, leave it to Rick Perry to provide it.
The former Texas governor is the president-elect's pick to be energy secretary, and he had a relatively smooth hearing with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
But it was his humorous exchange with Sen. Al Franken that may be the most memorable of his testimony. The Minnesota Democrat began his questioning by thanking Perry for coming by to chat with him prior to his hearing.
More hereGovernor Mumbles, as usual, opens his mouth and inserts his foot.