Democrat Harold Dutton will vote against Impeachment resolution.....

[brooklynite]

...unhappy with the process leading to the Impeachment resolution.

[walkingman]

1. So what he is saying it Paxton is above the law. He is dead wrong.

[brooklynite]

3. No, he's saying the House should have a more involved process to lead to Impeachment

Witnesses under oath, opportunity for Paxton's Counsel to speak, etc.

[walkingman]

4. Paxton has been under criminal indictment for 8 years. He has used his power to delay

obstruct, move venue, and who knows if or when he will be held accountable - not counting the Texas Supremes dropped his other indictments. As a Texans I think that Paxton is not worthy of continuing his office regardless of his party or voter support. He is so corrupt that people in his own office resigned in disgust. Fuck Paxton.

[Beachnutt]

2. He may have other motives for this,

maybe he wants to keep the thugs infighting as long as possible.

[niyad]

6. Acvording to an OP about dutton, he is apparently not on the side of the angels.

[Celerity]

5. Houston Rep. Harold Dutton resigns from Texas Black Caucus after quarrel

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-harold-dutton-texas-black-caucus-17863075.php



Texas state Rep. Harold Dutton (D-Houston) filed his resignation letter with the Texas Legislative Black Caucus over the weekend after he was not selected as a panelist for a public education conversation planned for the group's 50th Anniversary Legislative Summit this April.

"I recently reviewed the internal run of the show for the 50th Anniversary of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus Summit, and I could not believe my eyes," Dutton wrote in a March 24 letter addressed to state Rep. Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City), who chairs the caucus. "You have proposed a panel on public education and did not include me while choosing persons outside the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. That is simply beyond words—most of which are not suitable for this letter."



In the letter, Dutton accuses Reynolds of participating in "stank leadership" and claims he wasn't picked because of differences in opinion between himself and caucus leaders. "Perhaps that is your way of retaliating for the policy differences between us," Dutton wrote. "Either way, you are engaging in stank leadership which ignores the plight of Black Texans. You should be ashamed, and as I was writing this, it came back to me that when you faced criminal troubles, I was the only person that came to your rescue."

In a Monday interview, Reynolds addressed Dutton's resignation and the personal jabs in the letter referencing the caucus chair's criminal record. Reynolds was found guilty in November 2015 of engaging in a scheme to illegally solicit potential clients for his law firm, in which he was sentenced to one year in jail and posted bond. Reynolds was released from the Montgomery County jail after serving four months of his sentence. The chairman described Dutton's remarks on his legal record as "juvenile and unprofessional."

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[JohnSJ]

7. Until Texans care more for their children than guns, Texas is a lost cause

[TwilightZone]

8. He voted present, not against.

He thought the impeachment was rushed. Don't agree, but that's his stance. Playing the middle, I think.