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Feb 18 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
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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Proposed Texas congressional map is out: data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/cf8703… #txlege
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Aug 9, 2021
No House quorum today, @DadePhelan says. 93 members present. #txlege
Here we go?

“The chair anticipates the arrival of several members within the hour," Phelan says. "The House stands at ease pending their arrival." #txlege
Phelan appears to count one more member present, so we're at 94. Six more until quorum. #txlege
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"I will announce next week the plan for the state of Texas to begin building the border wall in the state of Texas," @GovAbbott says in Del Rio
Abbott said this at border security summit, where he also said he'd issue a new disaster declaration next week in which DPS "will work w/ local officials to arrest anyone who enters our state illegally & is found trespassing, engaged in vandalism, criminal mischief or smuggling."
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Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price announces run for Tarrant County judge texastribune.org/2021/06/10/bet…
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