ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Analysis: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the power of Us vs. Them

A week into early voting in the Texas party primaries, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick launched his latest culture-war volley, an attack on college professors whose teachings about race don’t match his notions about what they should be teaching.

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Posted 2/21/22

Flip the old George W. Bush line: Dan Patrick is a divider, not a uniter. The Texas lieutenant governor’s disregard for most of the electorate is on display again, with his tweeted …

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