Texas AG Calls for Resignation of ‘Obviously’ Drunk GOP House Speaker
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called for the resignation of House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) after he presided over the house “in an obviously intoxicated state.” Paxton also called for an investigation into the incident.
“Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication,” the attorney general wrote in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday. “His conduct has negatively impacted the legislative process and constitutes a failure to live up to his duty to the public.”
Paxton also wrote a letter calling for an investigation. “Based on a review of Speaker Dade Phelan presiding over the House of Representatives in an obviously intoxicated state, I am calling upon the [General Investigations] Committee to open an investigation into Speaker Phelan for violation of House rules, state law, and for conduct unbecoming his position,” Paxton wrote.
Video of Phelan presiding over the Texas House floor while slurring and swaying at the podium during a May 19 session went viral over the weekend.
Phelan himself has not addressed the incident. On Monday, he tweeted an image of himself and Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick “working together” on legislative projects. Phelan’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 26, 2023 11:57 AM
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Dade Phelan "swaying" at the podium.
Rofl.
Texas is so fucked up.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 23, 2023 11:49 PM
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AG Statement calling for Phelan's resignation.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 23, 2023 11:50 PM
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Dade is cute.
I'd suck him off while he's drunk.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 23, 2023 11:50 PM
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If I had four brats, I'd be drunk all the time too.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 23, 2023 11:51 PM
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He could be drugged up on some medication. Paxton immediately calling for resignation screams behind the scenes animus and virtue signaling.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 23, 2023 11:56 PM
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Dade the lush at the podium:
Omg, why does the room keep moving?
And another thing I've always wanted to tell you: You're all sons-of-bitches. Every last one of you.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 23, 2023 11:57 PM
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[quote]If I had four brats
Yeah, but the youngest one sure does have a purty mouth.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 23, 2023 11:57 PM
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Dade doesn't look drunk.
But that sure is a mighty big GAVEL he has in his hands.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 24, 2023 12:00 AM
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Attorney General Ken Paxton is a criminal and I would be pointing that out constantly if I were Dade, in between drinking and laughing.
[quote] And another thing I've always wanted to tell you: You're all sons-of-bitches. Every last one of you.
No lie detected.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 24, 2023 12:04 AM
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"Membs dopt jection mem-mint".
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 24, 2023 12:08 AM
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[quote] Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication
I honestly don't think Texans give a shit about what their politicians do.
Ted Cruz, Governor Abbott, drunk Speaker of the House, corrupt AG.
Anything goes in that state.
They have the most disgusting, most corrupt, most vile politicians of any state in the USA, next to Florida.
These politicians tell the voters, "FUCK YOU!" and the voters say, "YES SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER??"
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 24, 2023 12:08 AM
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I think it's fabulous. If all Speakers of the House were really drunk on the job, politics would be way more entertaining.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 24, 2023 12:09 AM
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All we care about are our guns.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 24, 2023 12:11 AM
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Give me a few more weeks with the crazy caucus, and I'll be right there with you r13.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 24, 2023 12:11 AM
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Put down the bottle, OP. We already know.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 24, 2023 12:14 AM
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Omg, that was total Vitameatavegimin realness
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 24, 2023 12:14 AM
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Kenny the crook wants Dade the drunk to resign. Governor Grego could fix this but he won’t stand up for anything.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 24, 2023 12:16 AM
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These mother fuckers think 1/6/2921 was just a Sunday school picnic. They could give a flying fuck if some yahoo shows up to work drumk.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 24, 2023 12:23 AM
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This does not sound and look drunk. Medicated, yes.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 24, 2023 12:24 AM
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Could that be neurological?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 24, 2023 12:25 AM
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[quote] Could that be neurological?
Being a Republican? yeah, probably.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 24, 2023 12:31 AM
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[quote] These mother fuckers think 1/6/2921 was just a Sunday school picnic
Are you from the future?
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 24, 2023 12:31 AM
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R1 Pfft. That's kid stuff.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 24, 2023 12:37 AM
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Drunk or sober, he is kind of hot. Maybe he will lose his inhibition in the men's steamroom.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 24, 2023 12:40 AM
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Why aren't we talking about the elephant in the room? The Texas House of Representatives is so damn drab --- all brown and white. We need a team of gay interior designers to inject some color. If I had to work there every day, I'd drink too.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | May 24, 2023 12:46 AM
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I love it when GOP twats cannibalize each other.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 24, 2023 2:02 AM
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[quote] Drunk or sober, he is kind of hot. Maybe he will lose his inhibition in the men's steamroom.
I'm there!
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 24, 2023 2:38 AM
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This is very, very derisen... very bertacious.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 26, 2023 11:42 AM
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When this OP isn't posting long news articles unnecessarily, we posts racist shit on other threads.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 26, 2023 11:57 AM
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