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And that's what Lt Gov Patrick promised to do!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1242988039"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1242988039/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> February 11 @ 1:40 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1242988039">Dave Sanders</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">The tea Taliban doesn't give a rat's ass about effectiveness or morale of those doing their bidding. It's all about inflaming the mob mentality of their ignorant racist base.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=544529095"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257im_/http://graph.facebook.com/544529095/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> February 11 @ 2:30 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=544529095">Steven Barrera</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I thought Dan Patrick was going to patrol the borders to fight ISIS?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1089204525"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1089204525/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> February 11 @ 5:06 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1089204525">Matthew Samford</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Why is the Highway Patrol patrolling something other than a highway?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> February 11 @ 6:57 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> j. davis </span> </p> <p class="comment">"Nichols noted that federal law protects the guard soldiers against retaliation or termination in the workplace if they are deployed for extended periods of time."<br/><br/>One has to wonder if the senator has ever served. <br/><br/>Being retaliated against or terminated from my job was near the bottom of my list of concerns when I was RA. Being separated from my family for a somewhat fixed period of time was at the top. I can't imagine how much worse it is for guard members and their families who haven't a clue as to when their current period of deployment to the border will be over or how long it will be until the next time they'll be deployed.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25412151"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257im_/http://graph.facebook.com/25412151/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> February 11 @ 7:53 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25412151">Johnny Simpson Jr.</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021257/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153007941875837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">All that money we 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