Daniel Miller comes home from a ten-day campaign run for lieutenant governor and uses this Late Night Coffee Talk to draw a straight line between the political establishment’s rhetoric and its record. He opens on the clip of Dan Patrick, asked on the trail about Article 1, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution, admitting he had never read it and would have to research it. That, Miller argues, is the whole problem. The men who campaign like Vikings with battle axes govern like the character in Office Space who does just enough not to get fired.
He works through the receipts. Property tax “reform” that amounts to 150 dollars in relief while appraisals keep climbing. Border security declared done while it plainly is not. And the electrical grid, where session after session of warnings from Senator Bob Hall about hardening the system against everything from EMPs to solar storms went ignored while officials chased federal green energy subsidies and shut down baseline power production. Then came February. Miller’s charge is blunt: when you measure these failures honestly, you measure them in dead Texans. He ties the same logic to the border, citing Dan Goldbach’s House Bill 1359 testimony about a son killed by a repeatedly deported illegal alien, and argues that state officials with divided loyalties keep choosing Washington over the people of Texas.
Around the politics he handles the work of the movement. The petition campaign’s final push and a new self-service option that lets supporters print, sign, notarize, and mail a petition without a circulator. A teased announcement now cleared by legal that he says could be a game changer. A field-operations handoff as longtime field director Don Tier steps down for his health and Paul Roby steps up. And condolences for the late chairman of the Alaskan Independence Party. He closes on Sam Houston: Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations, and asks whether you will stand with her.
Questions answered in this episode
- How does the new self-service petition work, and do you still need a petition circulator in order to sign?
- Have you considered live streaming on only one platform at a time to better concentrate the metrics?
- What would you add to a reformed Texas constitution?
- Will you be in Fredericksburg for the farmers market petition event with Kyle Biederman?
- Has the TNM had any direct interaction with Texas Scorecard about the lieutenant governor race?
- Will the TNM compile a list of candidates who support Texas independence for the upcoming elections?
- Why are you running specifically against Dan Patrick, and where does he stand on letting Texans vote on independence?
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