Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) called former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) a “moron” Monday night, lambasting the Democratic presidential candidate’s positions on border security and reparations for the descendants of slaves, according to Mediaite.

Asked by Fox News’s Laura Ingraham Laura Anne IngrahamEx-Pence aide: Trump spent 45 minutes of task force meeting 'going off on Tucker Carlson' instead of talking coronavirus Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs to be deposed in Seth Rich lawsuit: report NYC living statue shows Trump desecrating graves of war dead, COVID-19 victims MORE if O’Rourke was “a little more reasonable not so long ago,” Patrick responded that O’Rourke “is so light in the loafers, he floats off the ground at times.”

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“When he ran [in 2018 against Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Press: Notorious RBG vs Notorious GOP MORE (R-Texas)], he had $80 million, he was on television every commercial break for months and months, he never said anything,” Patrick added, dismissing a poll that found O’Rourke and several other Democratic contenders in a dead heat with Trump in the Lone Star State, saying it was based on name recognition.

“Light in the loafers” is an archaic term frequently used as a euphemism for gay men, which Ingraham hastened to give Patrick a chance to clarify was not his intent. “What I mean is, he flaps his arms a lot,” Patrick said. “I meant he’s a lightweight.”

O’Rourke earlier this week released an ambitious $5 trillion plan to address climate change but has frequently been criticized from the left, including by Democratic competitor Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Jay Robert InsleeBarr asked prosecutors to explore charging Seattle mayor over protest zone: report Bottom line Oregon senator says Trump's blame on 'forest management' for wildfires is 'just a big and devastating lie' MORE for his ties to the energy industry and history of oil industry-friendly votes in Congress.