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July 21, 2017      2:40 PM

Audio: Patrick suggests Speaker Straus is a closet Democrat

Patrick says Straus is "a Republican who has a Democrat as his chief of staff, a Democrat consultant and who gets elected by 55 Democrats." Straus spokesman says "Yes, our chief of staff last worked in government for noted Democrat Rick Perry."

For the first two years or so of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's time as presiding officer of the Senate, he regularly took a pass on weighing in much at all about Texas House Speaker Joe Straus.

When previously asked about whether Straus was sufficiently conservative, Patrick would often demur and stay focused on leading the Texas Senate in his public comments.  

That time in Patrick's political career has now fully concluded, it seems.

By Scott Braddock

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