Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick described Gov. Greg Abbott's late Sunday night veto of Senate Bill 3, the legislation that would ban legal marijuana in Texas, as "surprising."Political observers said having the two top state leaders at odds with each other is raising questions about a possible split within the Republican-run state.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick condemned Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday for pushing for the legalization of marijuana by vetoing the previously proposed THC ban. "One can only come to this conclusion, which surprised me: the governor of the state of Texas wants to legalize recreational marijuana in Texas—that' the headline,

Gov. Greg Abbott decided to veto a proposed ban on THC products in Texas, in the dead of night on Sunday, everyone in the state knew Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wouldn't be happy. And it didn't take him long to show it.