Retiring Rep. Lyle Larson’s parting shots at ‘far-right’ GOP politics, Dan Patrick
that would have expanded the charges under which judges could deny bail outright.
I just feel a lot of people run on the issue, term limits, but they never abide by it. And you're only as good as your word. So, it was predetermined six years ago how long I was going to serve. And it was a great exit strategy, by the way.No, you know, I've seen the deterioration of the policy making in the Republican Party a lot over the last 30 years. I came into the Republican Party under Ronald Reagan.
Somebody asked me, are you still a Republican? I'm not a part of the Republican Party today. I am a Reagan Republican. I’m not a Democrat. I think I'm probably more independent than anything else. You know, I am the same ideologically, center right. But the Republican Party is not center right. They're far right.
I think you need to have a balance of power to keep the far right from salivating at having an opportunity to pass just crazy, children-of-the-corn-type legislation that has been put in front of us. And Lieutenant Dan, you know, him and the governor don’t like each other, I think that’s well understood. I think he scares the governor ... He’s never gotten along with any of the speakers that I’ve served under, [Joe] Straus, [Dennis] Bonnen or Dade [Phelan].
Editor’s note: In 2019, Patrick supported House Bill 3, which pumped about $6.5 billion of new spending into public education. The bill raised the state’s share of public education funding from 38 percent to 45 percent, lawmakers said at the time. Earlier this year, Patrick said “We can support school choice and, at the same time, create the best public education system in America. These issues are not in conflict with each other.
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