Watch the Ratliff-Patrick CSCOPE debate
Date Posted: 8/28/2013
Thanks to the Texas Freedom Network for producing/posting this full video of the Aug. 24, 2013, CSCOPE debate between Sen. Dan Patrick and State Board of Education member Thomas Ratliff.
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