Hispanic Texas Republican leaders disgusted by TX GOP http://t.co/7WRrmHEoTW Finally! #TeamWendy #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/QBseR9ORiA

— Turn Texas Blue (@UniteBlueTX) February 12, 2014

“This cycle’s [GOP] lieutenant governor primary has been a tipping point of sorts. All four candidates stood up late last month at a debate and could barely contain their nativism. Dan Patrick was the loudest-mouthed of them, and his campaign is largely centered around warning of “alien” “invasions” of Texas. Villareal says Hispanic Republicans have taken note of Patrick’s views, which have become representative of Republicans’ rejection of Hispanic people.

“I don’t know of one Hispanic Republican who isn’t appalled by Dan Patrick,” he said. “If Dan Patrick wins, he will be the Pete Wilson of Texas…When Dan Patrick talks about illegals, he’s talking about my father”