Earlier this year Paxton comes to the state legislature and asks them for Millions of dollars to settle his legal dispute with the folks he fired from the office. The former aides who had accused Paxton of misconduct and in some cases were forced out seemingly as a result. And so they assign former prosecutors to begin looking into the accusations that these former aides Have lodged against can Paxton and all this you know is happening behind closed doors. Ultimately they take a vote to impeach kyn Paxton on 20 articles of impeachment have all members voted They've been 121 hours and 23 nays the resolution is adopted At the 85 republican members 60 of them vote in favor of impeachment Wow, which means immediately
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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