Rick Perry on Hillary Clinton: ‘Where’s your loyalty?’

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is raising questions over recent disclosures that the Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from several foreign governments while Democrats’ likely 2016 presidential nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was secretary of state.

“I think most Americans realize that a phone call at 3 in the morning to the president of the United States about an issue that deals with a foreign country that has given maybe tens of millions of dollars to the foundation that she oversees is not right,” Mr. Perry said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I think it falls flat in the face of the American people when it comes to are you going to trust an individual who has taken that much money from a foreign source? Where’s your loyalty?” he said.

One recently disclosed $500,000 donation was from Algeria to the foundation’s Haiti earthquake relief fund in 2010, for which foundation officials acknowledged last week they should have sought approval.

“It’s not only the appearance of impropriety — it’s also the ethical side of this that I think most Americans really have a problem with,” said Mr. Perry, a possible presidential contender on the Republican side. “And I’m really concerned about not just going forward but what has been received at the Clinton foundation over the course of the years and how that affects this individual’s judgment.”

Republicans have been on the offensive over the donations, which are likely to surface in the coming presidential campaign if Mrs. Clinton does indeed run.

At last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina was among the most aggressive in speaking out against Mrs. Clinton and the donations in her address to conservative activists.

“Mrs. Clinton, please name an accomplishment,” said Mrs. Fiorina, who is also weighing a possible presidential run. “And in the meantime, please … explain why we should accept that the millions and millions of dollars that have flowed into the Clinton Foundation from foreign governments do not represent a conflict of interest.”