Paxton Impeached

[Beachnutt]

[no_hypocrisy]

1. How do you think he'll do at his Impeachment Trial?

[Beachnutt]

4. I have no idea but

I think abbott appoints a replacement.. .
who will that be ?
Gohmert pyle.

[gratuitous]

41. Does he know a good lawyer?

I mean, one that doesn't hate his guts?

[UTUSN]

2. Whew, glad my prediction was wrong!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. 121 votes to impeach

Link to tweet

[Dustlawyer]

19. He must have really pissed off everyone!

He is a very odious man.

[lastlib]

5. A good first step....

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[senseandsensibility]

6. I'm glad my prediction was wrong

[Goonch]

7. 👇👇👇👁️👁️

[Cha]

8. Wow.. So DT & Cruz LOST, too!

[emulatorloo]

9. +++++

[Cha]

10. ..

So adorable.. LOL

[Beachnutt]

11. Gotta love it

[senseandsensibility]

13. Losers!

All three of them reek of losing!

[Wonder Why]

12. Hypocracy Unlimited. They ignored his crimes until he said something about the Speaker then

suddenly they decided that those crimes were important.

What hole have they been in these last couple of years?

The Hole of Maggots, Liars, Cheaters, Criminals and Insurrectionists

[Wishful-Thinking]

21. The "basket of deplorables"

[applegrove]

14. Heather Cox Richardson on why Texas Lawmakers finally went after Paxton

May 26, 2023

Heather Cox Richardson


https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-26-2023?utm_source=direct&r=3aksq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

"SNIP.........

Patrick Svitek of the Texas Tribune noted today that the impeachment effort has set off “a political earthquake in Texas.” “Republicans have chosen to remain largely silent
during years of alleged misconduct and lawbreaking by the attorney general. Now they will have to take a public stand,” he wrote. Local observers recognize the battle as one between far-right extremists, represented by Paxton, and Republicans who are trying to recover the party from the Trump wing.

There is likely a political calculation behind this move. Texas is a crucially important state for 2024, and voters are angry at the apparent corruption of prominent Republican figures like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Some leaders are likely eager to cut loose some big fish to reassure voters that they are not, in fact, the party of corruption. But in states that are currently dominated by Republicans so thoroughly that they are essentially one-party states, there are indeed systemic corruption problems because there is not the oversight that a healthy opposition party brings.

Both Paxton’s actions and his attempt to dismiss his Republican accusers as working for Biden appear to be a classic example of the behavior of political leaders in a one-party state. He has allegedly used his office to reward friends, retaliate against enemies, and avoid accountability for apparent lawbreaking. This pattern is common in authoritarian governmental systems; it was also common in the American South from about 1874 to 1965, when the Voting Rights Act that protected Black voting finally broke the one-party region dominated by white men.

........SNIP"

[CaptainTruth]

15. They REALLY want to save their asses from a federal DOJ investigation!!!

I hope it doesn't work.

[ashredux]

16. Exactly. Governor Abbott is looking to his future, and the Paxton investigation would not help.

[spanone]

17. How rotten do you have to be to get rejected by magats?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Statement from the House Republicans that represent Collin County, Paxton's home county

Link to tweet

[niyad]

23. General paxton?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. Attorney General types like to be called General

I know Greg Abbott and was calling him about an issue about the firm we were both at and was told to hold for General Abbott.

[niyad]

27. Thank you. Not sure I have ever heard our state AG, or DOJ, use that. Or

maybe just wasn't paying attention?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. This was a while back but I was surprised when I was told to hold for "General Abbott"

Since then I have seen other AGs used this title

[niyad]

33. I guess I can see that, but still sounds strange. I wonder if the same is true

for surgeons general.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

43. Strange, strange people.

We are not the only people who are confused by this

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. Tell Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that Dark Brandon sends his regards.

Link to tweet

[niyad]

24. Snicker.

[BlackSkimmer]

25. But will he be convicted?

Always the bigger question.

[MerryBlooms]

29. 121-23 Hopefully, that points to Yes. Fingers crossed.

He's been a liability for years, the receipts on this guy must look bad for the rest of them... Campaign season wise.

[BlackSkimmer]

32. Good to hear.

Fingers crossed, though they'll just replace him with another asshat.

[MerryBlooms]

34. Yep, one with less baggage. I also believe they will be

Looking at a woman hard-liner for his replacement. Anti choice, anti civil rights, etc... But probably soft Trump supporter. 2024 coming, they want all their bases covered.

[BlackSkimmer]

35. No doubt you're right.

Sigh.

[Maru Kitteh]

36. He is removed under Texas law with impeachment, their senate

can only reinstate him with enough votes.

[billh58]

37. From the Texas Tribune:

Permanently removing Paxton from office and barring him from holding future elected office in Texas would require the support of two-thirds of senators.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27/ken-paxton-impeached-texas-attorney-general/

[Maru Kitteh]

38. Wow I just got done watching a D Texas house member describe it

as Paxton is now removed and the only thing that would reinstate him was a vote of enough senators.

CONFUSING.

He seems toast either way but thank you for the information!

[billh58]

39. As I understand it,

he is temporarily removed pending the Senate trial. If they can't get a 2/3 majority to remove him from office, he will be reinstated. Texas is, and always has been, a confusing political spectacle.

[Maru Kitteh]

40. So I had a hold of one leg of one ugly-ass elephant.

Got it.

[Lonestarblue]

30. I have to say I'm surprised, and I'm hoping the Senate surprises me, too.

He is corrupt to the bone. And he has wasted many millions of taxpayer dollars that could have been spent on something important, like education, on spurious lawsuits and voting fraud investigations that were prompted not by actual fraud but by his desire to stage an act.

[Blue Owl]

31. YES!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

42. Interesting map of the Paxton impeachment vote

Link to tweet