Team Bettencourt, the official account associated with Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt, posted a series of messages on social media between September 30 and October 2, 2025. The tweets covered topics ranging from U.S. military leadership to state political appointments and local infrastructure.
On September 30, Team Bettencourt shared a statement attributed to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addressing U.S. military commanders: “…you are hereby liberated to become the Apolitical, No nonsense, Constutional leaders you joined the Military to be.” YES! This is exactly the direction the US Military needs to hear, and https://t.co/9zICXXmaL8.
The following day, on October 1, Team Bettencourt congratulated Texas Senator Brandon Creighton for his upcoming role as Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System: “Congrats to soon-to-be former Texas Senator @CreightonForTX on his new position as Chancellor of the Texas Tech System. Great choice by the @TTUSystem Board of Regents, and about the only thing we’ll have to disagree on in the future is if @TAMU ever plays @TexasTech! #txlege https://t.co/NbNcmM65Sy”.
On October 2, Team Bettencourt highlighted photographs of the Doug Pitcock Aggie Expressway and shared a personal anecdote involving Doug Pitcock and Hank Bettencourt: “ See today’s pictures of the Doug Pitcock Aggie Expressway! Doug ’46 #Aggie once tried to hire my dad, ‘Hank’ Bettencourt ’49, 75 years ago. But he only had a few thousand in the bank starting up his business, and as good of a ME, Mechanical Engineer as my dad Hank was, he had https://t.co/9znuTXAXnc”.
Paul Bettencourt has represented Texas Senate District 7 since being elected in 2015 as a member of the Republican Party after succeeding Dan Patrick.
