AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has made it clear he would only support legislation that fully bans intoxicating hemp products, issued a statement Friday disagreeing with the governor's recent executive order on THC.

“This is not a personal fight with the governor (Greg Abbott)," Patrick said in a statement. "It is a disagreement on extremely important policy. We worked together well this session and will in the future. On this issue, we disagree."

Patrick shed some light on the backroom negotiations playing out during the last special session, which ended earlier this month. The lieutenant governor said he spent hours working with House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Gov. Abbott to find a consensus on THC legislation. THC is the compound in cannabis that gives the user a

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