perry's phone number and separately databases of phone numbers confirm that the number from which that text was sent, which cnn obtained from a source, that number belongs to rick perry. that unsettling text message sent while votes were still being counted in several states. it said, quote, here's an aggressive strategy. why can't georgia, north carolina, pennsylvania and other republican-controlled state houses declare this is bs, where conflicts in election not called that night and just send their own electors to vote and have it go to scotus, the supreme court of the united states. now a spokesman for rick perry tells us the former governor denies having sent that text. when asked how he explained the fact that the text came from rick perry's phone number, which we confirmed through multiple ways, the spokesman had no explanation. the text message was among more than 6,000 documents that mark meadows turned over to the