TX Lt Gov To Keep $3M Donation Despite Nazi Meeting

The Texas Tribune reports:

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Wednesday that he does not plan to return any of the $3 million he received from a group whose leader recently hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes.

Defend Texas Liberty is a major donor to Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton and other Republicans, and is funded primarily by two far-right West Texas oil billionaires, Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks.

Patrick said Wednesday that he spoke to Dunn, who “told me unequivocally that it was a serious blunder” for Stickland to meet with Fuentes, and assured him that the political action committee would have no “future contact” with the well-known white supremacist and Adolf Hitler admirer.

Read the full article. The $3 million donation to Patrick came days before he was to oversee the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The first tweet below is from the chief of staff for GOP Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan.