The Texas Tribune, 8/20/2021
Patrick's comments sparked immediate outrage, including from a fellow Republican, Allen West, and from within the Senate that he oversees. Sen. Borris Miles, a Black Democrat from Houston, released a statement Friday morning saying that "for the second time in the past month, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has made prejudiced, inflammatory statements about African Americans and that is unacceptable."
Miles was among several Black politicians from Houston who got vaccinated at a news conference late last year, hoping to set an example for their communities.
Patrick issued a statement Friday afternoon responding to the uproar, saying, "Not surprisingly, Democrat social media trolls were up late misstating the facts and fanning the flames of their lies."
3/25/2020 update, "Dan Patrick UPDATE: The Texas State Embarrassment", starts here.
There are few types of lawmakers less helpful to the legislative process than bullies and ideologues. Unfortunately, Dan Patrick too often seemed to be both in his first session as the chair of the Senate Education Committee. The Houston radio host fell into a habit of lecturing his fellow legislators, interrupting witnesses, and accusing those who disagreed with him of simply not understanding his bills. In short, he ran his committee like he runs his talk show, where the only opinion that really matters is his own.
Original 3/24/2020 post, "Welcome to Dan Patrick's self-service death panel", starts here.
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Quoted in Dan Patrick says he is willing to risk his own life to allow economy to resume. (Houston Chronicle, 3/23/2020)
Oh, the irony. Remember the GOP disinformation campaign and fear-mongering over Obamacare death panels?
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