TX: Paxton tells supporters to lead charge in removing his Republican rivals who impeached him [View all]

[RandySF]

LANO — Ken Paxton, the state’s embattled suspended attorney general, took jabs at his political opponents — including members of his own party — during a rare public appearance Saturday, the eve of his historic impeachment trial that begins next week.

Paxton is under a gag order that prevents him from discussing the trial that begins Tuesday. But in remarks to a packed pavilion at a park near his North Texas home, Paxton blasted the Texas House of Representatives that impeached him and name-checked its leader, Speaker Dade Phelan.

“I can talk about something that I think has become maybe the leading issue that we need to deal with as a county, and the state needs to deal with it, and that is something known as the Texas House of Representatives and the leadership in the Texas House of Representatives,” Paxton told the audience at a Collin County GOP picnic.

“We all know the name Dade Phelan, we saw the videos of what happened, and we see his leadership,” Paxton said, referring to a video of Phelan slurring his words on the House floor the evening before the House announced its investigation into Paxton. Some Phelan critics suggested Phelan was drunk.


https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/02/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-rally/