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Defend Texas Liberty PAC names new president after leader met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes

State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, on the House floor on May 21, 2019.
 Juan Figueroa
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The Texas Tribune
State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, on the House floor on May 21, 2019.

Former Rep. ’s name has been removed from the website of Defend Texas Liberty, a political action committee and major donor to top Texas Republicans, where he served as president.

Defend Texas Liberty's website now lists Luke Macias, who previously served as the group's director, as its president. Neither Macias nor Stickland could be reached for comment Tuesday evening.

The change to Defend Texas Liberty’s website follows more than a after that Nick Fuentes, an avowed white supremacist and had spent nearly 7 hours at the offices of a consulting firm, Pale Horse Strategies, that is also owned by Stickland.

Defend Texas Liberty is a major donor to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton as well as other influential Republicans. The group is funded almost entirely by two Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, and was a key defender of Paxton during his impeachment trial this summer. Defend Texas Liberty gave $3 million in loans and donations to Patrick months before he presided over Paxton’s acquittal on all impeachment trials in front of the Texas Senate.