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| John, Tomorrow, June 20, 2023, a Texas Senate Committee is expected to present rules regarding the trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to the entire Senate body, who will be acting as the jury. As we’ve said before, this sham impeachment is the result of Speaker Phelan’s leadership team empowering Democrats, allowing them to hold leadership positions and letting them control the agenda. It is based on allegations already litigated by voters, led by a liberal Speaker trying to undermine his conservative adversaries, and investigated by lawyers connected to a Democrat on the House General Investigations Committee. The voters have supported General Paxton through three elections—and his popularity has only grown despite millions of dollars spent trying to defeat him. Now the Texas House wants to overturn the election results. We hope the Senate quickly dismisses this impeachment. The Texas House impeached Attorney General Paxton without considering direct evidence, without allowing legislators to interview or cross-examine witnesses, without placing witnesses under oath, without allowing members to talk to investigators, without making witness transcripts available to legislators, without subpoenaing witnesses with direct knowledge of allegations, and without allowing the Attorney General present a defense. We, at the Republican Party of Texas, have made our position very clear. We oppose these articles of impeachment because Texas law forbids them. Last November, Texas voters overwhelmingly re-elected Attorney General Paxton to office. While the House leadership may disagree with this decision, in our country, voters — not legislators — choose those who hold elected office. It’s truly that clear, and our hope is that the conservative Texas Senate will do what is right and stop the rogue Texas House in its tracks. |
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