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Patrick Svitek

Feb 18 • 5 tweets • 3 min read

@DanPatrick

New — Inside @DanPatrick's push for more power this cycle, w/ Trump's ear. The lieutenant governor...
- encouraged Rick Perry to run for gov last yr.
- has raised alarms that he's meddling in Paxton/Miller primaries
- was behind Trump's anti-Phelan crusade texastribune.org/2022/02/18/dan…

Patrick claims he only approached Perry about running if Abbott didn't run. But there was never any sign of Abbott not running, and Abbott told me:

"I was always clear. One hundred percent, I'm running."

texastribune.org/2022/02/18/dan… #txlege

Patrick didn’t deny being behind Trump’s attacks on Phelan that included a primary threat. It was “all Dan Patrick,” a source says.

Top Phelan aide says Patrick’s “constant meddling” has damaged chamber relations & “will not be forgotten” by speaker.

texastribune.org/2022/02/18/dan…

Trump associates have alerted people close to Paxton & Miller that Patrick has tried to undermine Trump’s support for them.

Patrick said he hasn’t spoken directly w/ Trump about Paxton but didn’t say whether he’s relayed the message through Trump people. texastribune.org/2022/02/18/dan…

Then there are the Senate primaries where Patrick has especially loomed large.

Patrick confirmed in recently he wouldn’t have gone to bat for Larry Taylor vs. Middleton: “I told both of them: If they both ran, I would not endorse b/c both…are friends”

texastribune.org/2022/02/18/dan…

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