Local Republican Party Condemns Attorney General Paxton’s Impeachment

The Williamson County GOP has condemned the handling of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment, which was rushed through the Texas House mere days before the end of the 88th Legislative Session. Sydnie Henry has the details.
“Williamson County Republican Party finds the process of seeking impeachment rushed, not transparent, fail[s] to meet the standard of due diligence, due process, and ignor[es] precedence in past impeachment procedure,” reads the resolution approved by two-thirds of the Williamson County GOP executive committee.
The final impeachment vote was 121-23—with 61 Democrats and 60 Republicans voting to impeach—but many grassroots organizations and activists are criticizing the House’s vote as more information comes to light on the process by which the House chose to impeach Paxton.
They requested “thorough, lawful, due diligence and process be conducted in full view of the Senate and House with at least 15% of the House members [who did] NOT vot[e] YES included in the questioning of all relevant witnesses.”
In the meantime, they asked that the Senate reject the articles of impeachment until “full due process has been accomplished.”