{"id":1939751,"date":"2023-05-28T04:10:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T08:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-conservatives-condemn-impeachment-of-texas-ag-ken-paxton\/"},"modified":"2023-05-28T04:13:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T08:13:58","slug":"trump-and-conservatives-condemn-impeachment-of-texas-ag-ken-paxton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-conservatives-condemn-impeachment-of-texas-ag-ken-paxton\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and conservatives oppose impeachment of Texas AG Ken Paxton."},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-and-conservatives-condemn-impeachment-of-texas-ag-ken-paxton%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=1939751&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>Trump and GOP Leaders Defend Texas AG Ken Paxton Amid Impeachment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0528\/3601419b-57b6-454f-a026-5ba013415e81\/audio.mp3?length=3070125&#038;duration=256\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-conservatives-condemn-impeachment-of-texas-ag-ken-paxton\/\" title=\"Trump and conservatives oppose impeachment of Texas AG Ken Paxton.\">conservative heavy-hitters<\/a> took to social media to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton even as the GOP-led Texas House voted to impeach him.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Speaker Dade Phelan and fellow Republicans joined with Democrats to temporarily remove Paxton, a staunch GOP conservative, from office on accusations of bribery, obstruction of justice, and abuse of public trust.<\/p>\n<p>Texas lawmakers voted 123 to 23 to adopt the\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/88R\/billtext\/html\/HR02377I.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 articles of impeachment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe RINO Speaker of the House of Texas, Dade Phelan, who is barely a Republican at all and failed the test on voter integrity, wants to impeach one of the most hard-working and effective Attorney Generals in the United States, Ken Paxton, who just won reelection with a large number of American Patriots strongly voting for him,\u201d Trump stated.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who endured impeachment twice during his presidency on questionable allegations, said the move against Paxton was an \u201cunfair process that should not be allowed to happen or proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president vowed to \u201cfight you if it does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree Ken Paxton, let them wait for the next elections,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other influential GOP leaders such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Trump advisor Kimberly Guilfoyle condemned the effort.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhat is happening to <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KenPaxtonTX<\/a> is a travesty,\u201d Cruz tweeted before the proceedings, blaming the Austin \u201cswamp\u201d for wanting to sideline one of President Joe Biden\u2019s most effective opponents.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo <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> has battled the abuses of the Biden admin more ferociously\u2014and more effectively\u2014than has Paxton,\u201d Cruz said in a Twitter post.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis Texas House-led impeachment is a witch hunt,\u201d Greene said on Twitter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The vote means Paxton will be removed from office immediately to await trial in the Senate, where House members will present their cases as impeachment managers.<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of the Senate must agree in order to remove Paxton from office permanently.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton said following the House vote that the impeachment is unfair and politically motivated, adding that he looks forward to resolving the allegations in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment move came 48 hours after articles were presented to the House. The House General Investigating Committee revealed that it was investigating Paxton for wrongdoing earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton at the time\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ADYfG23v5ls\">labeled<\/a> the House\u2019s impeachment efforts an \u201cunjust attack\u201d and a \u201cpolitical hit job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Defending Ken Paxton<\/h3>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump and other influential GOP leaders have come to the defense of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was impeached by the GOP-led Texas House on accusations of bribery, obstruction of justice, and abuse of public trust. Republican Speaker Dade Phelan and fellow Republicans joined with Democrats to temporarily remove Paxton from office. However, Trump and other GOP leaders have condemned the move, calling it an &#8220;unfair process&#8221; and a &#8220;witch hunt.&#8221; Paxton will now await trial in the Senate, where two-thirds of the Senate must agree in order to remove him from office permanently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faced impeachment by the GOP-led Texas House on accusations of bribery and obstruction of justice. Despite this, former President Donald Trump and other conservatives defended him on social media. Republican Speaker Dade Phelan and some Republicans joined Democrats in temporarily removing Paxton from office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":904,"featured_media":1939752,"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":[543],"tags":[4539,3636,12953,5570,18466,3694,3634],"class_list":["post-1939751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-conservatives","tag-impeachment","tag-ken","tag-oppose","tag-paxton","tag-texas","tag-trump"],"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\/1939751","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\/904"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}