AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, pestered for weeks to donate to charity $3 million he got this summer from a far-right political action committee, has sought to deflate a controversy over the group’s association with Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist with antisemitic views, by purchasing an equal amount of bonds for Israel. Patrick, calling himself “a longtime supporter of Israel,” said in a written statement Monday his campaign is buying $3 million in bonds for the Middle East nation now embroiled in hostilities in Gaza with Hamas. Advertisement Patrick noted he had already condemned Fuentes, who met for several...