Despite overwhelming evidence that AG Ken Paxton is a guilty piece of crap who abused his office to protect a political donor, the Texas Senate, dominated by MAGA Republicans, acquitted this shit bird on every count. Equally evil Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, no, not the cool guy from ESPN, this old far who resembles the Red Skull with a cheap toupée, lectured the Texas House. He’s going to audit all their expenses in prosecuting Paxton and demand the state constitution be changed to prevent this from happening again.
Seems, Texas has the same damned problem as the Feds. Impeachment got hijacked into being a political process as the definition of “high crimes and misdemeanors” changed from how it was understood in the late 18th and early 19th Century. Not being a fan of the stupid Originalist interpretation via the Founders but I’m pretty confident Madison would say it applies to Tricky Dick, Girth Vader, to some extent Slick Willie and absolutely with Paxton.
The other flaw is allowing the Senate be the jury. Oh they’re Paxton’s peers as he used to be a member and his wife keeps the seat warm, no conflict of interests though. When it comes to being corrupt turds, they’re definitely peers. Hence, we need a real jury of people free of the political fealty. We know the Republicans would be against this. Average people would convict Girth Vader and Tricky Dick and probably acquit Slick as they ask, he lied to cover up gettin’ some on the side, at least he wasn’t doin’ it with an enemy agent who is now buried in a golf course for tax purposes!
It’s even more embarrassing to live in Texas and be an American now. Compared to how our counterparts in the EU go after their slime, we are joke with nuclear weapons and a big army and navy. As Dave Anthony said, we just legalized their corruption. Oh, right on cue, the impotent Democrats sent fundraising e-mails within an hour of the verdicts.
Let’s hope the FBI doesn’t fuck this up as their investigation widens. The Texas Senate and governors can’t protect Paxton then.