{"id":1936593,"date":"2023-05-24T01:33:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T05:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-calls-for-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-after-presiding-while-intoxicated\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T01:35:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T05:35:25","slug":"ken-paxton-calls-for-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-after-presiding-while-intoxicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-calls-for-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-after-presiding-while-intoxicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Paxton demands Texas House speaker&#8217;s resignation for presiding while drunk."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fken-paxton-calls-for-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-after-presiding-while-intoxicated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1936593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2> Texas Attorney General Calls for GOP House Speaker&#8217;s Resignation <\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p> Texas Attorney General <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-paxton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Paxton<\/a> has called for the resignation of Texas GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan after he allegedly presided over a session while intoxicated. <\/p>\n<p> Paxton, a Republican, took to Twitter to express his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-republican-party-profoundly-disappointed-after-sen-cassidys-vote-in-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Louisiana Republican Party \u2018Profoundly Disappointed\u2019 After Sen. Cassidy\u2019s Vote in Impeachment Trial\">profound disappointment<\/a>&#8221; and called for Phelan&#8217;s resignation, citing his failure to live up to his responsibilities to the public. <\/p>\n<p> Paxton also listed &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-calls-for-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-after-presiding-while-intoxicated\/\" title=\"Ken Paxton demands Texas House speaker's resignation for presiding while drunk.\">critical conservative priorities<\/a>&#8221; that Texans were expecting Phelan to pass, stating that his failures as Speaker have created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-vote-to-adopt-3-5t-budget-resolution-move-forward-with-big-spending-agenda\/\" title=\"House Democrats vote to adopt .5T budget resolution, move forward with big spending agenda\">credibility crisis<\/a> for all Republican candidates and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-brass-urging-members-to-reject-jan-6-commission\/\" title=\"GOP brass urging members to reject Jan. 6 commission\">entire party<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3> Investigation Requested <\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p> Following his letter, Paxton requested the House Investigative Committee to launch an investigation into Phelan for &#8220;violation of House rules, state law, and for conduct unbecoming his position.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Videos taken on Friday showed Paxton behaving strangely while presiding over the House floor, swaying and slurring his words to the point that some were incomprehensible. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3> Second Scandal in Texas House <\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p> This incident is the second national scandal to hit the Texas House in just a few weeks. Earlier this month, then-state GOP Rep. Bryan Slaton was expelled in a 147-0 vote after an investigation found that he had invited a 19-year-old intern to his condo, where he gave her alcohol until she was in a state of deep intoxication. <\/p>\n<p> In that state, the two allegedly had sexual intercourse, and he allegedly attempted to intimidate her and her friends into silence over the affair. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3> Conclusion <\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p> The <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> has reached out to Phelan for comment. <\/p>\n<p> It remains to be seen how this scandal will affect the Texas House and the Republican Party as a whole. <\/p>\n<p> <b> Click <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner. <\/b> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>uphold the dignity of his office, according to Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has urged Texas GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan to step down after allegedly presiding while intoxicated. Paxton, a Republican, expressed his disappointment in a statement on Twitter, stating that Phelan&#8217;s behavior failed to uphold the dignity of his office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1936594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4201,18093,3653,12953,18466,23456,6522,7779,3694],"class_list":["post-1936593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-demands","tag-drunk","tag-house","tag-ken","tag-paxton","tag-presiding","tag-resignation","tag-speakers","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1936593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1936594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1936593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1936593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1936593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}