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.
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
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.
“Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick shreds the SHAM Impeachment attempt of Attorney General Ken Paxton, reinstates him into office and orders a full audit of the House proceedings.” (Video- Twitter)
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1703142133517918578
Video - YouTube
https://youtu.be/8W7R6m9-dR4?si=x8d_WlNpYZvfrY8X