Dan Patrick's Secret #Dream14 Speech

"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;"
Proverbs 29:2 (a)

[Author's note: We apologize for the video quality; cell phone camera, bad lighting, etc....]

Dallas, TX -- Earlier this evening, Texas Lieutenant Governor candidate Dan Patrick spoke to the Texas delegation at the Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Conference:

First off, Peggy Venable of AFP Texas introduced Patrick:



Highlights:

• "We are headed for trouble if we don't reign in local government spending and debt."

• "We know in Texas we've gone a long way, but we've also got a long way to go."

• "We have to make sure we're engaged in local politics and local policymaking also."

 Next, Senator Patrick spoke:



Highlights:

• "We already have school choice in Texas: If you're rich enough you send your kid to private school, if you're mobile enough you move to the suburbs." 

• "Nobody moves to the suburbs because they want to sit in traffic."

• #TXSEN will kill 2/3rds rule.

• "Last year we spent $53 billion in Texas on education."

• Texas education spending: $38 billion in 1997, $53 billion today....

• "If I'm Lieutenant Governor, there will not be a budget that passes the Senate without serious property tax relief, short term, medium term, and long term."

• They owe their success to us activists!!!