If ken paxtin is not convicted if he's acquitted and he goes back to being ag what's going to happen to those texas house republicans who went out on something of a limb? Well, I think we're really going to test the question of how safe their districts really are for them to take this kind of vote. If that happens in enough seats across the texas house they could end up taking out a bunch of these house republicans. That would very much change the meaning of ken Paxtin's impeachment because the lesson would be very different than it is right now.
Since 2016, the cardinal rule of Republican politics has been to defend Donald J. Trump and his allies at all costs, no matter the allegation. That appeared to change last week, when Texas lawmakers issued 20 articles of impeachment against their state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, a powerful Trump supporter.
J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what the escalating conflict in Texas indicates about tensions within the party.
Guest: J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The New York Times.
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