April 17, 2014 5:34 PM

Dewhust blasts Patrick as anti-woman, anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic

Before a mainly Latino crowd, Dewhurst ripped Patrick in Spanish and English

Our sources in Houston tell Buzz Central on this Thursday afternoon that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst ripped into his challenger Dan Patrick in some of the harshest rhetoric the incumbent has used yet about the Houston senator.

Speaking to the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Luncheon – an event that drew about 2,000 people – Dewhurst spoke about Patrick in Spanish and English. "Mi oponente es anti-inmigrante, anti-Hispano, anti-mujer y yo no soy ningún de esas cosas,” he said, which means “My opponent is anti-immigrant, anti-Hispanic, anti-woman and I'm not any of those things."

We’re told Dewhurst followed that with a variation on what is already a central attack on Patrick contained in television ads that started airing this week.

“I am the only statewide elected official among all 29 with business experience, and you can tell from my record that I am a successful businessman, unlike my opponent who isn’t and filed for bankruptcy,” Dewhurst said.

Patrick’s chief strategist Allen Blakemore has said Dewhurst’s campaign is “spewing raw sewage, and personally attacking Dan Patrick.”

By Scott Braddock