Rick Perry was casually blowing bubbles with his gum at the inauguration

It wasn't even a good bubble.
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Brian Koerber
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Rick Perry, the former Governor of Texas was spotted attempting to blow bubbles with his gum during Rabbi Marvin Hier's reading at President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday.

From what we can see, Perry seems to be a closed-mouth gum chewer, but he definitely enjoys blowing a bubble or two. The bubble was actually pretty bad. We're going to guess that the gum was old, tasteless and a bit tough. SAD!

Twitter chewed it up.

It's unclear if Perry brought enough gum for everyone.

Perry is Trump's pick for energy secretary, and according to The New York Times, Perry seems to have misunderstood the role and responsibilities that came with the job.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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