mcconnell of texas or the mitt romney of texas, one of those sorts of insults previously and former president trump had promised previously on another issue to try to find a primary challenger to go against dave phelan in his primary. that never happened. no one even filed against him so i don t think there are a lot of republicans in the texas house who are necessarily worried about what former president trump thinks on this issue and a whole lot of other issues. earlier we heard from representative charlie green who said paxton was threatening house members with, quote, political consequences in the next election if they don t side with him. i know you ve been satisfying t saying that you ve picked up on some of that in your reporting, but it sounds like that s not having much of an effect either. why is ken paxton so unpopular that he s facing this kind of impeachment vote when he s the attorney general in the state of texas? one would think presumably that position is such a po
be dismissive of this but he hasn t been. in the last few days he s come out and said the senate will take its its duty very seriously and he would not make any predictions about how it might go. and scott, you indicated this. president trump was weighing in. ted cruz was weighing in. ken paxton had a lot of high-powered political support. and yet the vote was a resounding vote in favor of impeachment. i think that the house was already poised to impeach ken paxton anyway before he accused the speaker of being a drunk, essentially, earlier this week. you had the attorney general tweet out that dave phelan should resign because there was a video of him with slurred speech during a late night session the week prayer. so one of the things, one of the aspects of this is not just the alleged misdeeds of paxton. but i think that vote shows you,
from office. it is said that he is using the power to affect a potential donor. in light of this, he has asked dave phelan and no evidence that the speak wer nouz speaker now, and rosa flores is following this. what is happening now? well, diving into the 20 articles of impeachment, and that is where the story start. these include dereliction of duty, obstruction of duty. ris kons tuel after proi dshgts and now this is made up of a
whistleblower lawsuit he settled in february obligating texas taxpayers, not paxton, to pay the $3.3 million settlement as part of the settlement the texas a.g. issued an apology, but that doesn t constitute admission of liability. definitely looks like ken paxton trying to deflect his own problems on to the speaker of the house. reporter: after the hearing the mudslinging continued. paxton calling the house speaker the l word, saying feelin is a liberal. disenfranchising voters. phelan saying the attorney general has abused his powers for personal gain and exhibited blatant disregard for eta aquaridscal and legal propriety expected of the state s leading law enforcement officer.
this is just i am fascinated by this story and to see these divisions emerging and i think the questions that some people would have are those allegations from paxton related to this investigation and the allegations against him? reporter: there is so much to unpack here. in a nutshell, this is a window into texas politics, and, yes, there is a lot of inside baseball. and you know that the republicans are in control here in texas, but there are different factions, there are battles for power, and this one is out there for the world to see. a texas-sized brawl between two of the most powerful republicans in the lone star state. texas house speaker dave phelan and texas attorney general ken paxton exploding after this clip went viral. is there objections to the amendment? the amendment is adopted. reporter: feelin appearing to slur his words last friday