{"id":1937774,"date":"2023-05-25T08:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-of-texas-top-officials-feud-over-accusations-of-drunkenness-corruption\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T08:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:30:55","slug":"two-of-texas-top-officials-feud-over-accusations-of-drunkenness-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-of-texas-top-officials-feud-over-accusations-of-drunkenness-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas officials feud over drunkenness and corruption accusations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Ftwo-of-texas-top-officials-feud-over-accusations-of-drunkenness-corruption%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=1937774&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>A Texas Republican Feud: Accusations of Drunkenness and Corruption<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A feud between two of Texas\u2019 top Republicans has broken down into sordid accusations of drunkenness and corruption.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The state party\u2019s rift between its moderate and conservative wings fueled aspersions cast about two Republicans at the top of state politics. Attorney General Ken Paxton, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herschel-walker-and-others-say-no-to-slavery-reparations\/\" title=\"Herschel Walker And Others Say No To Slavery Reparations\">outspoken conservative<\/a>, and House Speaker Dade Phelan, who is friendly with the legislature\u2019s moderates and Democrats, launched into a public feud on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton took aim at Phelan, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1661097919443881987\">calling<\/a> on the speaker to resign after appearing to be \u201cin a state of apparent debilitating intoxication\u201d during a House session on May 19. A video clip of the session circulating online appeared to show Phelan slurring words as he oversaw proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton also accused the speaker of failing \u201cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-of-texas-top-officials-feud-over-accusations-of-drunkenness-corruption\/\" title=\"Texas officials feud over drunkenness and corruption accusations.\">pass critical conservative priorities including protecting<\/a> the integrity of our elections and preventing Chinese spies from controlling Texas land.\u201d Paxton said Phelan \u201chas proven himself unworthy of Texans\u2019 trust and incapable of leading the Texas House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers have come out to defend Phelan over the footage from the May 19 session. Democratic lawmaker Jarvis Johnson said he did not notice anything odd about Phelan\u2019s behavior that day, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/24\/us\/texas-ken-paxton-speaker-drunk.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s shot at Phelan came the same day that news broke that the House Committee on General Investigating was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bradj_TX\/status\/1661139400841998336\">probing<\/a> Paxton\u2019s attempt to settle a 2020 lawsuit using an alleged $3.3 million in public money. As part of its investigation, the committee has subpoenaed Paxton\u2019s office for records.<\/p>\n<p>Four former employees of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-dean-msm-coverage-of-cuomo-was-puff-pieces-while-there-were-bodybags-piling-up\/\" title=\"FNC's Dean: MSM Coverage of Cuomo Was 'Puff Pieces' While 'There Were Bodybags Piling up'\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a>\u2019<\/a>s office brought the suit in 2020, claiming they were retaliated against after accusing Paxton of corruption. The state legislature refused to fund the settlement, so the case continues to work its way through the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Phelan responded to Paxton\u2019s call to resign saying \u201cThe motives for and timing behind Paxton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-calls-on-house-speaker-to-resign-after-shocking-video\/\" title=\"TX AG urges House Speaker to step down over disturbing video.\">statement today couldn\u2019<\/a>t be more evident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee is conducting a thorough examination of events tied to the firing of the whistleblowers in addition to Ken Paxton\u2019s alleged illegal conduct,\u201d Phelan said. \u201cMr. Paxton\u2019s statement today amounts to little more than a last-ditch effort to save face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paxton hit Phelan again in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1661415070939611141\">statement<\/a> on Wednesday, attacking the House speaker\u2019s record on policy while accusing him of attempting to \u201cdisenfranchise Texas voters and sabotage my work as Attorney General.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dispute between Texas&#8217; leading Republicans has devolved into allegations of corruption and drunkenness. The state party&#8217;s division between moderate and conservative factions has fueled accusations against Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dade Phelan. Paxton is a vocal conservative, while Phelan is seen as more moderate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1937775,"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":[],"tags":[8460,8773,27549,14161,3638,3694],"class_list":["post-1937774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accusations","tag-corruption","tag-drunkenness","tag-feud","tag-officials","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\/1937774","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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}