April 17, 2019      6:48 PM

With speculation mounting he will join Trump Administration, Lt. Gov. Patrick ramps up PR effort on border

U.S. Senate aspirant Joaquin Castro and Lt. Gov. Patrick face off in dueling press conferences at the Texas Capitol

With more and more people in the Texas Capitol community hoping Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will receive a plum appointment in the Trump Administration – and pulling for him to get it – the Senate’s presiding officer faced off with Democrats in dueling press conferences today about the president’s signature issue: Border security.

Both press conferences, held minutes apart in the Senate Press Room, focused on the recently-passed resolution passed in the upper chamber along party lines declaring an “emergency” along the state’s border with its number one trading partner.

The Democrats went first, but organized their news conference as a response to the Republicans led by Patrick, who has denied he has any interest in going to DC.

By James Russell and Andrew Turner

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