Who is Dan Patrick’s wife Jan Rankin?
JANETLEA Patricia Rankin is most famously known as being the wife of Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick. On August 20, 2021, Patrick came under fire after his false claims related to the Covid-19 pandemic went viral. Who is Dan Patrick’s wife Jan Rankin? Patrick and Rankin have been married since 1975. The two tied the […]
JANETLEA Patricia Rankin is most famously known as being the wife of Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick.
On August 20, 2021, Patrick came under fire after his false claims related to the Covid-19 pandemic went viral.
Who is Dan Patrick’s wife Jan Rankin?
Patrick and Rankin have been married since 1975.
The two tied the knot following Patrick’s divorce from his first wife, Susan.
Outside of being known as the politician’s wife, Rankin is a former teacher.
Not much additional information is available on her outside her previous occupation.
Do Dan Patrick and Jan Rankin have children?
Together, the couple have two children, son Ryan, 42, and daughter Shane.
Patrick’s son Ryan went on to start his own career in politics.
A graduate of Baylor University and South Texas College of Law in Houston, Ryan worked for six years as an assistant district attorney in Harris County before being appointed to the 177th state district court in 2012.
In 2017, Ryan made headlines after former president Donald Trump nominated him to be the next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
Not much information is available on their daughter.
What did Dan Patrick say?
Following remarks to Fox News, Patrick is being labeled as ‘racist’ by many Americans.
On Thursday August 19, 2021, Patrick sat down with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham to talk about the criticism of Texas’ handling of the pandemic.
“Well Laura, the COVID is spreading, most of the numbers are among the unvaccinated, and the Democrats like to blame the Republicans on that. Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated,” Patrick said.
“And last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats in their major cities and major counties. So it’s up to the Democrats to get – just as it’s up to the Republicans, to try to get as many people vaccinated.”
Partick added, “But we respect the fact that if people don’t want the vaccination, we’re not going to force it on them, that’s their right. But in terms of criticizing the Republicans for this, we’re encouraging people who want to take it to take it, but they’re doing nothing for the African American community that has a significant number of unvaccinated people.”
Following his remarks, many were quick to factcheck the lieutenant governor.
One of the first to make comments was Mike Collier, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 2022.
“More than 55,000 Texans are dead because of Dan Patrick’s negligence—not because of Black Texans,” Collier said. “Blaming Black people for your own shortcomings is not only despicable but straight out of the pages of the Jim Crow playbook. Texas deserves far better.”
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It was later reported by Business Insider that his claims were false.
According to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, Black residents make up 12% of the Texas population and only account for 15% of Covid-19 cases.
The media outlet reported that “Non-Hispanic whites, who make up 39.8% of the population in Texas, account for 32% of cases, 42% of deaths, and 38% of vaccinations. “