60 texas house republicans voted to impeach ken paxtin. The vote reflects a debate that's been roiling the republican party which is over the future direction of the party and really in texas this Debate is front and center because of the demographic changes and the urbanization that's happening here. If there's not two-thirds of senators there to convict him ken Paxtin will be acquitted and he'll immediately resume the office of attorney general.
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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