Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) offered up a massive cash reward for evidence of voter fraud following Donald Trump’s loss almost a year ago, and this week paid out his first bounty ― to a progressive poll worker who caught a Republican trying to vote twice.

Eric Frank, who worked at a polling station in Chester County, Pennsylvania, during the 2020 election, told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Thursday night it was “extremely ironic” he received the $25,000 payout, given Patrick’s apparent intention to support Trump’s claim the election was stolen from him.

“I never thought in a million years that I would get paid,” Frank told Maddow.