Tgey want texas to be sanctuary now that the mayor of NYC has had enough of his own bragging about being a sanctuary city. He wants $12 billion for his self imposed sanctuary city and he wants to make Texas a sanctuary state. The feds are fine with that and also disregarding Texas voters
Abbot is so quiet as usual. Yuk
Governor Greg Abbott is no Ron DeSantis, but the real problem is the Texas House of Representatives, where Republicans have empowered Democrats by allowing them to influence the selection of the speaker, who in turn has appointed several Democrats to chair powerful legislative committees controlling which bills get voted on.
Now, the speaker and his allies—both Republicans and Democrats—are attempting to remove Attorney General Ken Paxton from office through the impeachment process, accusing him of abusing the powers of his office to benefit a wealthy campaign donor and wrongfully terminating subordinates who questioned his actions. The allegations stem from a November 2020 whistleblower lawsuit filed by four of these former employees, with whom Paxton’s office agreed to settle for $3.3 million earlier this year.
Paxton’s alleged crimes aren’t the real reason why the Austin political establishment is trying to remove him from office, though.
His real crime is refusing the play the game favored by most politicians—he follows through on what he says he believes, making those who don’t look bad.
He unsuccessfully challenged the incumbent moderate House Speaker in 2011 when he was a member of that body, and he defeated the establishment candidate for attorney general in 2014. Paxton has sued the Biden administration dozens of times over its policies on immigration, vaccines, free speech, and the environment, and he led the effort to contest the 2020 presidential election at the Supreme Court when he sued four swing states for changing their election rules without the approval of state legislators.