Paxton acquitted on all charges; Lt. Gov. delivers scathing rebuke of House’s handling of impeachment – Pratt on Texas 9/18/2023

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The historic Ken Paxton impeachment trial ended Saturday with full acquittal and reinstatement of the Attorney General.

Afterward, in order to put it in the historic record, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick delivered a deserved and scathing address to the Texas House of Representatives and listed reforms that need to be made in order that impeachment might not be so abused in the future. Watch these remarks that well echo my early criticism here (begins at about 1:50): https://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=35&clip_id=18360

You can watch closing statements (beginning at 24:50) here: https://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=35&clip_id=18357

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Another Hispanic female officeholder switches to the Republican Party in Texas.

Rep. Steve Allison, HD121 pulls a big name Bexar Co. GOP primary opponent over not being for school choice.

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