Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has worked to handpick a roster of allies to expand his already massive influence in Texas. But in driving for more power, he may be alienating himself more than ever from his GOP peers at the top of state government.
Patrick was also behind a Trump crusade against House Speaker, R-Beaumont, urging him to pass an election audit bill while threatening a primary challenge if he did not.
As for Phelan, Patrick did not deny he used Trump to target the speaker, saying his “displeasure with the Speaker at the end of the session is not a secret.”Patrick’s ascent to top statewide power broker has been somewhat unlikely. Born Dannie Goeb in Baltimore in 1950 — he started using the name Patrick in the late 1970s — Patrick got his start as a TV sports broadcaster, eventually reinventing himself in the 1990s as a conservative shock jock radio host.
Patrick has a long record of tension — and even open acrimony — with other Republican state leaders. He has repeatedly lobbied Abbott to call special legislative sessions for his unfinished priorities, seeking to force the governor’s and speaker’s hands on matters like which restrooms transgender people can use or a proposal to audit the state’s 2020 election results.
First: Attorney General Ken Paxton greets former President Donald Trump as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick follows at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in 2019. Last: From left: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott, and former President Donald Trump attend a border security briefing in Weslaco to discuss plans for securing the southern border wall on June 30, 2021.
Miller and Patrick have recent tensions. In March 2021, Miller sued Patrick to try to stop a Senate rule requiring visitors to take a COVID-19 test. Then there is Phelan, who drew Trump’s ire in October. Seemingly out of nowhere, the former president issued a statement that blasted the state House leader for inaction on an election audit bill that had become a priority of Patrick’s. The bill would have allowed party leaders to request county-level audits of the 2020 presidential election as Trump continued his nationwide campaign to falsely discredit Biden’s win.Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
Trump’s push for the audit bill was “all Dan Patrick,” according to a person familiar with his relationship with Trump. It was viewed by Phelan and his allies as the lieutenant governor leveraging his relationship with Trump to try to unseat a fellow member of Republican state leadership. From left: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott gave updates on their plan for Texas to build its own border wall at a press conference at the Texas Capitol on June 16, 2021.One of the people with firsthand knowledge of the discussions said interest in Perry stemmed in part from some donors who worried about Abbott’s viability after the devastating power grid failure in February 2021. Those concerns have since been allayed, the person said.
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