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Ken Paxton Acquitted by Texas Senate

Not surprising, but very disappointing.

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by Anonymousreply 17September 26, 2023 6:24 AM

So glad I’m from Texas as in not currently there. What a pit of vipers.

by Anonymousreply 1September 16, 2023 6:12 PM

They had to acquit. The case fell apart.

by Anonymousreply 2September 16, 2023 6:16 PM

It's okay to take bribes if you're a Republican!!!

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by Anonymousreply 3September 16, 2023 6:30 PM

They went through with this because they originally had the votes to convict.

Apparently what changed since then is Trumpito & company threatening to doxx every GOP politician voting against Abbott.

The few yes votes have already been doxxed and threatened online.

Fucking mob rule these days.

by Anonymousreply 4September 16, 2023 7:07 PM

Who’s surprised by this outcome? When it matters most, Republicans always prove they are spineless cowards who put self-preservation over doing the right thing. Only a few recent notable exceptions: Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Mitt Romney, and Lisa Murmowski. Given some of the abhorrent policies these four were happy to support in lockstep with GOP orthodoxy, even I can see some redemptive qualities for them. But the GOP mainstream now is all complete gutter trash a la Empty G, Hoebert, Gym Jordan, et al.

by Anonymousreply 5September 16, 2023 7:14 PM

^ Murkowski. iPhone thumb typing. My bad.

by Anonymousreply 6September 16, 2023 7:15 PM

The smuggle is real.

by Anonymousreply 7September 16, 2023 7:55 PM

Texas Senate = shameless shithooks

by Anonymousreply 8September 16, 2023 8:06 PM

I hope this isn’t a preview of things to come

by Anonymousreply 9September 16, 2023 8:46 PM

Laws, rules, and taxes are for little people. And Democrats

by Anonymousreply 10September 16, 2023 8:50 PM

[quote]I hope this isn’t a preview of things to come

Forget it Jake...it's Texas.

by Anonymousreply 11September 16, 2023 9:18 PM

National Republicans organized an under-the-radar campaign of outside conservative pressure on the Texas senators sitting in judgment of Paxton.

It was made clear to Texas GOP senators that they'd face a very well-funded primary opponent in their next election if they voted to impeach.

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by Anonymousreply 12September 17, 2023 7:00 PM

Buncha GOP political pussies in the Texas Senate.

by Anonymousreply 13September 17, 2023 7:02 PM

[quote] Apparently what changed since then is Trumpito & company threatening to doxx every GOP politician voting against Abbott.

Link.

by Anonymousreply 14September 17, 2023 8:58 PM

Will the Rethugs send a letter to the Pope to beatify and canonize Ken Paxton like they did for Trump?

by Anonymousreply 15September 18, 2023 6:41 AM

He's so aggressively uggo.

by Anonymousreply 16September 18, 2023 7:06 AM

How crazy is all this? Paxton is calling Karl Rove a liberal.

[quote]I watched it, so you don’t have to. And it was conspiracies and propaganda-driven lies. Carlson framed it as “Liberals like Karl Rove tried to annihilate Ken Paxton.”

[quote]Liberals like Karl Rove. KARL ROVE. Stop laughing. Take a deep breath. It gets more absurd.

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by Anonymousreply 17September 26, 2023 6:24 AM
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