Attorney General Ken Paxton's resign request to Dade Phelan was Paxton's 'last ditch effort to save face,' a Phelan spokesperson told Newsweek.
"After much consideration, it is with profound disappointment that I call on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign at the end of this legislative session," Paxton wrote in a statement."Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication."
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, back center, is shown during a call of the House on July 13, 2021, in Austin. Phelan is facing calls to resign over a video appearing to show him slur his words while presiding over the chamber. Some have accused him of being intoxicated.Paxton continued to write that Phelan's conduct"negatively impacted the legislative process and constitutes a failure to live up to his duty to the public.
"Anyone who watches the #txlege House knows many of the members are regularly intoxicated. Watching the Speaker be this wasted is absolutely unacceptable. These Representatives are making laws that impact 30 million Texans. It must stop," he tweeted.
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