Lite Guv. Dan Patrick Knows Which Way The Wind Blows

"We know the election was hijacked," says the #2 official in the second-most-populous state in the country.

This must be some of that "unity" and "healing" about which we keep hearing so much... https://t.co/TgkbmFj1LA

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 13, 2021

And even he doesn't want to be on the side of sedition. Which makes him slightly smarter than our Attorney General.

Among other things, Paxton (who's still under indictment) hasn't retracted his bogus claim that the rioters "weren't Trump supporters."

(And he blocked me for pointing that out.) https://t.co/yEdEriVM3K

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 13, 2021

Then again, the AG has no legislative role in Texas. And the only reason we elect an Attorney General is to keep the governor from appointing one.  Which seems like a bad idea left over from the 19th century Populist movement and Reconstruction; but have you seen the people Texas elects as Governor? Ann Richards is pretty much the exception that proves the rule.