Sharp objections by Donald Trump and grass roots Republicans over the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton have prompted talk of primary challenges and given Democrats hope of picking up seats.
Former president Donald Trump had condemned the impeachment vote. So had the state GOP chair, who faulted Wilson and the other 59 Republicans who joined Democrats voting for impeachment as colluding with the enemy in their war on the party. Paxton called it a “politically-motivated sham” and demanded the resignation of its organizer, House Speaker Dade Phelan .fielded more than 300 angry calls plus emails and social media posts that decried his vote.
“We have never seen the grass roots this mad!” McCarty wrote in a post after the vote, citing social media backlash against the lawmakers. ” … They are being eviscerated by you … as they should be!”A True Texas Project follower on Twitter aimed at Wilson: “He needs to be defeated in the primary.” The 20 articles of impeachment leveled against Paxton by a House investigating committee in May included allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust. It marked only the third time in Texas’s nearly 200-year history that a state official had been impeached.Paxton has castigated Republicans who voted to impeach him as being in “lockstep” with the Biden administration, abortion providers and gun control advocates.
were Democratic operatives and why Wilson and fellow Republicans didn’t call witnesses or demand evidenceWilson read to them from the state constitution and explained that lawmakers acted within their rights. He told them he was also assured of that by three conservative Republican district attorneys he spoke to before the vote. And he“I was answering all the questions and making sure they understood that what they were told was inaccurate,” Wilson said later.
“He stood up to the illegal overthrow of our government by Biden,” Jaster claimed, repeating a false talking point. “We wanted Attorney General Paxton to have a fair shake.”Before the meeting ended, pro-Paxton precinct chairs forced a vote on condemning the impeachment investigation. It passed, 44 to 17. With that, Williamson joined what are now 10 county Republican groups and the state GOP in openly challenging the impeachment.
Republican Rep. Andrew Murr, who led the committee that investigated Paxton, pushed back against GOP groups who condemned the process as unfair. “Republican primaries: That is where the power is decided” in Texas, said Brendan Steinhauser, an Austin-based Republican strategist who led campaigns for Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw. “A lot of what drives people politically is outrage and fear, anger and concern — that’s what gets people to show up.
“The Republican Party is in a lot of disarray. You’ve got the extreme wing of it working feverishly to try to take it over and they’ve had a lot of success to the frustration of us Democrats,” Montfort said."… There is definitely an opportunity for Texas Democrats to benefit from what the GOP is doing to itself. They are eating themselves alive.”
Paxton supporters are eager to see the trial play out in the Senate, where they have more influence than in the House.
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