DALLAS (AP) — Democratic lieutenant governor hopeful Leticia Van de Putte has gone on the attack, saying her tea party-backed opponent wants to bring political bickering and “Washington D.C.-style finger pointing” to Texas.
Addressing the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas late Friday, the San Antonio state senator had some of her harshest words yet for Republican state Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston.
She said Patrick repeatedly voted against programs to help entrepreneurs and veterans, as well as infrastructure projects backed by business groups.
Van de Putte also noted that one of Patrick’s Republican Senate colleagues called him a “snake-oil salesman.”
Van de Putte is a heavy underdog in November. Still, she anticipated a response from Patrick saying: “I ain’t no pushover. I ain’t no East Coast Liberal. I ain’t no West Coast Democrat.”
