Posted on 08/24/2025 8:37:22 AM PDT by ma_che62
Critics...have pointed to his record as evidence of failed leadership.
Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted Phelan’s legacy as “one of betrayal,” citing his reliance on Democrat votes and his role in the impeachment.
Phelan’s opponents have also noted the repeated special sessions called by Gov. Greg Abbott during his time as speaker due to a failure to pass conservative priorities.
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Post the whole thing?
“His departure leaves an open race to replace him. The southeast Texas District 21 contains Jasper, Orange, and portions of Jefferson County.”
Surely that area of Texas can do better than this interloper?
Betcha he had a whole lot of help in reaching his decision to quit.
No he didn’t. They could have canned him in the primary to show they mean business. Girlie-men GOP.
Phelan is evil.
Betcha he had a whole lot of help in reaching his decision to quit.
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Maybe they drug a whiskey barrel past his office door and out of town
;-)
Whatever prompted it I am just glad he’s out. Good riddance!
Phelan got in, IMO, through name recognition. One of the major streets in Beaumont is...Phelan Blvd.
With the redistricting we'll see how things go for new candidates.
The redistricting.
Dade Phelan will not run for reelection. Good news. Wish it were the same for my corrupt RINO TX state rep Angie Chen Button.
the current Speaker got to that chair by the same path
We got rid of our "Phelan" fan in my district. Everyone else needs to pick up the pace
Here is Tony Buzbee mentioning Phelan during the Paxton impeachment trial.
https://youtu.be/oW31A0hyFAA?si=t3XYjLYX_oAUk7Kv
That’s a pretty good video but this is better:
https://youtu.be/DCq_4uUNvSg?si=HTTw0yjIQ5rSFglw
The Bush family were all grifters, Barbara Bush was the worse at sticking her nose in various companies. They were all very involved in the .com pump and dump crap.
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