--- title: Frozen Let It Go Parody in Texas Lieutenant Governor Runoff description: Texas politician releases attack ad that's a parody of "Let It Go" from 'Frozen' canonical: https://time.com/94546/this-was-inevitable-politician-releases-attack-ad-thats-a-parody-of-let-it-go-from-frozen/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer May 9, 2014 8:17 PM UTC We’re sure by now you’ve seen dozens of covers of “Let It Go” from _Frozen_ (we’ve ranked [the best ones here](http://time.com/9229/let-it-go-covers-frozen/)). This week, parodying the song became a campaign tactic in the May 27 Republican primary runoff for lieutenant governor in Texas. The incumbent David Dewhurst released a “Let It Go” parody with the refrain “Dannie Goeb,” the birth name of Dan Patrick, a state senator who is also in the race. The ad shows a caricature of Patrick, a former sportscaster, dressed like _Frozen’s_ Elsa, the princess of Arendelle, singing into a microphone about how he changed his name “to cover my past” and past financial issues. The Patrick campaign refers voters to [PolitiFact Texas](http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/apr/18/david-dewhurst/david-dewhurst-lofts-ridiculous-unsupported-claim-/), a website run by PolitiFact.com and the _Austin American-Statesman,_ which says the Dewhurst campaign’s claim is false. [In response](http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/patricks-birth-name-and-past-as-whacky-houston-sportscaster-are-targets-in-dewhurst-video.html/) to the “Let It Go” spoof, the Patrick team created a BuzzFeed parody called [DewFeed](http://dewfeed.com/the-real-story-of-frozen-in-the-texas-lg-race/) to highlight “the real story of _Frozen_ in the Texas LG race” that is a list of arguments accompanied by _Frozen_ GIFs. 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