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Texas AG Paxton reinstated to office, says he will address nation on Tucker
Just The News ^
| Sep 16
| By Charlotte Hazard
Posted on 09/16/2023 7:12:53 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: BobL
Listen to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s speech after the acquittal. He took the house to the verbal wood shed. It sounds like he threatened to make them pay the exorbitant legal bills they racked up themselves rather than the tax payers.
It was really a good speech.
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posted on
09/16/2023 7:59:02 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Starve the beast and steal its food!)
To: rmichaelj
"Every
Republican RINOscum Texas House Representative who voted to impeach Paxton."
There. Fixed it.
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:00:47 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
To: RandFan
Hopefully he put a stake in the heart of the Bush Crime Family. Thank God
we don't have to see George P. "the tan one" anymore. But like zombies,
never count the Bush Crime Family out. No doubt they are still working their
evil on the down low, waiting for the right moment to pounce.
To: DallasBiff
Dan (The Drunkard) Phelan
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:12:33 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Starve the beast and steal its food!)
To: Fai Mao
Listen to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s speech after the acquittal.
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Patrick made specific reference to the floor speech of John Smithee on May 27th. It’s definitely worth the listen and makes it much clearer as to how bad the behavior was of the House. He did that by comparing it to two previous impeachments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvKQCEx1GBc
To: Fai Mao
One of the main things Patrick brought up was how the house (i.e., Phalen) brought up the impeachment with no prior time to discuss the charges, or to challenge any of them. It was basically railroaded through the house and into the senate. I believe if some of those house members realized there was NO evidence (I mean literally none), their vote might have been different.
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:24:02 PM PDT
by
JohnEBoy
(I voted for Trump to be my president, not my pastor.)
To: RandFan
Tucker is a force these days. Good to see.
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:24:16 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: hecticskeptic
I have seen it. It was a good speech.
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:26:22 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Starve the beast and steal its food!)
To: fieldmarshaldj
“indicted”
no quarter
It’s time to make them play “lawfare” from inside the bars.
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:30:00 PM PDT
by
1of10
(be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
To: 1of10
I’m sure there were a few true conservatives who voted to impeach. Problem is the times. You don’t give an inch to our enemies.
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:47:12 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(e allowed )
To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; RandFan
One thing they need to do in the aftermath of this is get rid of that STUPID clause in Texas government that impeachment immediately "temporarily suspends" a government official from office until the Senate resolves the matter. Paxton did nothing wrong but was unable to work for FIVE MONTHS until he was FINALLY acquitted by the Senate.
It certainly doesn't work that way in the federal government (Al Gore didn't become "acting President" the instant Clinton was impeached, and Slick Willie wasn't put under house arrest until the Senate acquitted him, etc.), and I don't know of any state governments that "suspend" an elected official the instant they're impeached, either. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could certainly discharge the powers of his office until the bitter end, and there was NO DOUBT he did what he was accused of.
As I noted, "suspending" a government official until the trial is concluded is effectively designating them "Presumed Guilty UNTIL proven innocent", and is antithetical to everything the American justice system stands for.
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posted on
09/16/2023 8:51:08 PM PDT
by
BillyBoy
( Build Biden Better.)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
09/16/2023 9:03:44 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Believe!)
To: BobL
Everyone should watch the speech by Texas rep Smithee
He gave this speech moments before the House absurdly voted to impeach Paxton on Saturday evening of Memorial Day weekend.
It was an appalling abuse of power:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yvKQCEx1GBc
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posted on
09/16/2023 9:23:27 PM PDT
by
lonestar67
(America is exceptional)
To: BobL
What the hell were the House Republicans thinking when they took their vote, their vote to bring down one of their own?Maybe they are democrats at heart.
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posted on
09/16/2023 9:24:42 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: RandFan
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posted on
09/16/2023 9:27:50 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
To: Mark17
They were “taking the moral high road”
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posted on
09/16/2023 9:30:09 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Starve the beast and steal its food!)
To: hecticskeptic
That was an excellent speech. Thanks for the link.
To: hecticskeptic
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posted on
09/16/2023 10:07:20 PM PDT
by
linMcHlp
To: RandFan
What has Abbott’s position been on all this?
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posted on
09/16/2023 10:08:56 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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