A high school senior came up with a political prank that he felt was the best way to get his message to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Caleb Brock, right, and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hold a painting with the words"Abolish ICE" reversed. By Eli Rosenberg Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 14 at 6:06 PM Caleb Brock is a budding activist who says he’s already taken part in several protests, though he is just 17.
Patrick turned the painting around to show it to the audience. It is a messy mix of colors and words; “Dan 2020,” it says on one side, along with “principled” and “conservative leadership” elsewhere. But pranks, which can quickly bleed into the world of hoaxes, misinformation campaigns and other less-savory and underhanded political tricks, have seemed to occupy a less prominent space in recent years as the intensity and nastiness of the political sphere has ramped up.
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