“Let’s clean house”: Paxton tells supporters to lead charge in removing his Republican rivals who impeached him
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Ken Paxton, the state’s embattled suspended attorney general, took jabs at his political opponents — including members of his own party — during a rare public appearance Saturday, the eve of his historic impeachment trial that begins next week.
Paxton is under a gag order that prevents him from discussing the trial that begins Tuesday. But in remarks to a packed pavilion at a park near his North Texas home, Paxton blasted the Texas House of Representatives that impeached him and name-checked its leader, Speaker Dade Phelan.
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Because people don’t look at who, they just check the box with the R in Texas. It’s why we’re in the mess we’re in these days.
"Don't mess with Texas. We're pretty fucked up as it is."
The One Star state.