{"id":1936940,"date":"2023-05-24T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-ken-paxton-calls-on-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-over-slurring-episode-stymying-election-integrity-bills\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T10:32:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:32:52","slug":"ag-ken-paxton-calls-on-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-over-slurring-episode-stymying-election-integrity-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-ken-paxton-calls-on-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-over-slurring-episode-stymying-election-integrity-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Paxton urges Texas House Speaker to step down after slurring incident and blocking election integrity bills."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fag-ken-paxton-calls-on-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-over-slurring-episode-stymying-election-integrity-bills%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=1936940&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 Speaker&#8217;s Resignation<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>His conduct has negatively impacted the legislative process and constitutes a failure to live up to his duty to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has been called out by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for appearing to be drunk while performing his duties during a recent House floor session. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Phelan is seen slurring and fumbling over his words.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton has called for Phelan&#8217;s resignation at the end of this legislative session, citing his failure to advance &#8220;critical conservative priorities&#8221; such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-gop-seeks-to-bypass-democrat-gov-whitmer-veto-with-election-integrity-package\/\" title=\"Mich. GOP seeks to bypass Democrat Gov. Whitmer veto with election integrity package\">election integrity bills<\/a> and measures to prevent &#8220;Chinese spies from controlling Texas land.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Phelan has also been preventing Texas from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-ken-paxton-calls-on-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-over-slurring-episode-stymying-election-integrity-bills\/\" title=\"Paxton urges Texas House Speaker to step down after slurring incident and blocking election integrity bills.\">banning unsecured election practices<\/a> such as ranked-choice voting (RCV). If a bill banning RCV does not pass the House by the end of this session, legislative efforts to ban it in Texas elections will be stalled for another two years.<\/p>\n<h3>Phelan&#8217;s History with Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>Phelan received substantial support from House Democrats during his bid for speaker in 2021, despite Republicans holding a majority in the chamber. He selected Democrats to chair 13 of the House&#8217;s 34 committees, which drew backlash from Texas conservatives. He reduced the number of Democrat committee chairs to eight during this year&#8217;s session.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Texas Republicans have had to deal with a weak-kneed House speaker. Phelan&#8217;s predecessor, Republican Dennis Bonnen, resigned after a recording revealed efforts by Bonnen to target members of his own party. Before Bonnen was longtime Speaker and moderate Joe Straus, who caved on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-big-midterm-lesson-defensive-victories-on-the-right-arent-going-to-save-the-country\/\" title=\"The Big Midterm Lesson: Defensive \u2018Victories\u2019 On The Right Aren\u2019t Going To Save The Country\">major culture war issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phelan has been preventing Texas from banning unsecured election practices such as ranked-choice voting (RCV).<\/li>\n<li>If a bill banning RCV does not pass the House by the end of this session, legislative efforts to ban it in Texas elections will be stalled for another two years.<\/li>\n<li>Phelan received substantial support from House Democrats during his bid for speaker in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Phelan&#8217;s predecessor, Republican Dennis Bonnen, resigned after a recording revealed efforts by Bonnen to target members of his own party.<\/li>\n<li>Before Bonnen was longtime Speaker and moderate Joe Straus, who caved on major culture war issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for Texas to have a strong House speaker who will prioritize the needs of the people over political gamesmanship.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged House Speaker Dade Phelan to step down after allegedly performing his duties while intoxicated during a House floor session. 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