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=== Later activities === [[File:Ross Perot addresses the audience at the “A Time of Remembrance” ceremony.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Perot addresses the audience at the "A Time of Remembrance" ceremony in Washington, D.C., September 20, 2008.]] In the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], Perot refused to become openly involved with the internal Reform Party dispute between supporters of [[Pat Buchanan]] and [[John Hagelin]]. Perot was reportedly unhappy with what he saw as the disintegration of the party, as well as his own portrayal in the press; thus, he chose to remain quiet. He appeared on ''Larry King Live'' four days before the election and endorsed [[George W. Bush]] for president. Despite his earlier opposition to NAFTA, Perot remained largely silent about expanded use of guest-worker visas in the United States, with Buchanan supporters attributing this silence to his corporate reliance on foreign workers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buchanan.org/db00-0524.html|title=Perot: H1Bs and PNTR – The Giant Silence|publisher=Buchanan.org|date=May 24, 2000|access-date=October 20, 2004|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816031327/http://www.buchanan.org/db00-0524.html|archive-date=August 16, 2000}}</ref> In 2005, Perot was asked to testify before the [[Texas Legislature]] in support of proposals to extend access to technology to students, including making laptops available to them. He supported changing the process of buying textbooks by making [[e-book]]s available and by allowing schools to purchase books at the local level instead of going through the state. In an April 2005 interview, Perot expressed concern about the state of progress on issues that he had raised in his presidential runs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/042405dnediperot.3af4b33e.html |title=Point of Contact: H. Ross Perot|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=April 23, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515001849/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/042405dnediperot.3af4b33e.html|archive-date=May 15, 2007}}</ref> In January 2008, Perot publicly came out against Republican candidate [[John McCain]] and endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] for president. He also announced that he would soon be launching a new website with updated economic graphs and charts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/94827 |title=Ross Perot Slams McCain|work=Newsweek|date=January 16, 2008 |access-date=June 13, 2010}}</ref> In June 2008, his blog launched, focusing on [[entitlements]] ([[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]], [[Medicaid]], [[Social security]]), the U.S. national debt, and related issues.<ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/19/perot.charts/|title=Ross Perot wants more focus on national debt|author=Jason Carroll|publisher=CNN|date = June 19, 2008}}</ref> In 2012, Perot endorsed Romney for president again.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dinan|first=Stephen|title=Ross Perot endorses Mitt Romney|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/oct/16/ross-perot-endorses-mitt-romney/|work=The Washington Times|access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> Perot did not give any endorsements for the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 election]].<ref name=nyt>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/ross-perot-death.html|title=Ross Perot, Brash Texas Billionaire Who Ran for President, Dies at 89|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=July 9, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 10, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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