Texas GOP Civil War Will Erupt if Impeachment UpheldPaxton trial is the final play for the dying vestiges of RINO legislators
By Luke Macias
August 15, 2023
In Texas, liberal Republicans have been losing their power each election cycle. Every legislative session the state moves a little to the right, and the uniparty’s grasp loosens.
Texas is moving to the right in almost every arena due to the successful conservative takeover of the Republican Party of Texas, a historically conservative Texas Senate, as well as increasingly more sophisticated conservative activists and organizations. The GOP voter base is requiring Republicans, regardless of how conservative they actually are, to campaign on policies further right than the status quo. This moves the Overton Window beyond the control of moderate Republicans, who still hold power in the state’s lower chamber.
The increasing conservative victories have caused the Democrat caucus and liberal GOP leadership to reach a point of desperation. This session they hatched a plan to rush through a last-minute impeachment of the most conservative Attorney General in the nation.
Only 72 hours before the vote took place, GOP members were told if they dared vote against the impeachment, it would be interpreted as a direct vote against the speaker. The same speaker who was elected with Democrat support to bypass the process which requires the GOP caucus to choose a speaker. Two dozen Republicans ignored this threat and opposed the Democrat-lead effort to overturn an election. More Democrats voted for the impeachment than Republicans.
During the last session, after the Texas Senate passed a ban on sex-change surgeries for children, the Texas House cut a deal with Democrats and killed the bill. After the session ended, Greg Abbott started getting hammered for the failure of the legislature to pass the ban, the Governor declared the transitions as child abuse.
Ken Paxton published an official opinion providing Abbott with the cover he needed to take this action. This Attorney General opinion completely undid the deal cut by GOP leaders Dade Phelan, Dustin Burrows, Stephanie Klick, and the Democrats (all 3 of these Republicans voted to impeach Paxton).
The Impeachment of Ken Paxton has been a goal of Democrats since he led the nationwide effort to challenge the results of the presidential election of 2020. Paxton was one of the most active and vocal Attorney Generals in the nation. Chris Turner, the chairman of the Democrat Caucus, called for his impeachment over it.
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Source:
https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/15/texas-gop-civil-war-will-erupt-if-impeachment-upheld/
