As a Houston state senator, Dan Patrick won election as lieutenant governor of Texas in November 2014 after earlier defeating incumbent David Dewhurst for his party's nomination. Patrick also has hosted a daily talk show on AM700 in Houston.
Dan Patrick
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
"Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The…
“Statistics show that more people of color don't have cars than not. So how do (drive-thru voting centers) help those folks?"
“Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed."
Says “the city of Austin is a disaster if you haven’t been there. A great city, now one of the most dangerous cities in America…
Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue…
Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country."
Says after the shooting in El Paso, "on Sunday, everyone was going to church in America, praying about this, and the next day when their…
"We will have more people enter our country illegally than were born in this country in one year."
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."