Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called on House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign, accusing the lawmaker of being drunk while overseeing proceedings on the House floor.
“After much consideration, it is with profound disappointment that I call on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign at the end of the legislative session,” Paxton said in a statement posted on Twitter on May 23. “Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in an apparent debilitating intoxication. His conduct has negatively impacted the legislative process and constitutes a failure to live up to his duty to the public.”
Phelan, a Republican lawmaker from Beaumont, Texas, appeared to slur his words while speaking on the House floor on May 19 in videos that are circulating online. Videos of the May 19 sessions can also be viewed on the Texas House of Representatives website….