Samuels follows up on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s interview with Tucker Carlson. There, Patrick suggested that “he would rather die from the widely spreading coronavirus than see then economy destroyed for future generations by overreaction to the disease.” When he was re-interviewed by Carlson on April 20, Patrick justified his earlier comments and stressed that some risks must be taken to restart America’s economy.
This is especially important since Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently announced the plans to lift economic restrictions and the state’s stay-at-home orders.