I've been told the video is rather selective. It was toward the end of a 14-hour floor session Phelan presided over and supposedly video exists of him immediately before and after where he doesn't slur.
To further add to the bad television series storyline... one of the abuses of his office is supposedly giving a job in the Attorney General's office to... his mistress.
After several hours of testimony it took all of 17 seconds for the House to vote 121-23 to impeach the Texas Attorney General. Next step is a trial in the Senate. Two-thirds of the Senate will have to vote against him in order for him to be fully removed and prevented from running for office in Texas for the rest of his life.
Would be hilarious if she voted for impeachment, given the mistress narrative.
It would be, yes. It'd also be extremely out of character. Ex. she was behind the wheel when the Attorney General fled a process server who had come to their home a few years back.
He's been under indictment for almost eight years now, which means he has spent a ton of money foot-dragging. If his public story were true, there's no reason to spend that kind of money playing defense that way. He was private sector for eleven years as a lawyer, which doesn't lead to huge sums of money in the bank.
GOP, screwing Americans over since 1865.
I don't look at it through that lens. I look at it as a bargaining question. I ask, "What can Biden get that passes both houses of Congress, so he can sign it into law?"
It'll almost certainly pass. Spending will remain eye-wateringly high for the foreseeable future. Govt spending took a massive jump during COVID. As I understand it much of this spending jump is now pretty much baked into the Fed spending cake for each future year. I don't expect the House GOP to play hardball over anything. Hold the government by the balls if you ever have the chance. You'll probably never have the same chance again.
