Defend Texas Liberty is a major donor to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and other Republicans, including Attorney General Ken Paxton, and is funded primarily by two far-right West Texas oil billionaires, Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. In October 2023 Defend Texas Liberty PAC named new president after leader met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, Luke Macias, a longtime conservative political consultant, is listed as the new president of the conservative PAC on its website. Jonathan Stickland, the former president, met with Fuentes for nearly seven hours. Former Rep. Jonathan Stickland’s name has been removed from their website.