In a rare, lengthy sit down interview, NBC 5 found Speaker of the House Dade Phelan willing to go on offense against what he sees as creeping corruption within…
A simmering feud between Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R - Beaumont, and two other prominent state leaders became an all-out political war.In a rare, lengthy sit-down interview, NBC 5 found Speaker of the House Dade Phelan willing to go on offense against what he sees as creeping corruption within the GOP and ready to defend his Republican-led but bipartisan coalition in the Texas House.
The House insurgents are supported and politically financed by Defend Texas Liberty PAC, led by one of the former anti-Speaker insurgents, Jonathan Stickland. First this year, with a unanimous vote to remove Royse City Republican Bryan Slaton after an internal investigation found he got a 19-year-old staffer drunk and had sex with her.
Speaker Phelan and almost sixty members of the House Republican caucus called for lawmakers to disavow the group and return the millions they've donated. "I'm going to call next week for a full audit of all taxpayer money spent by the House from the beginning of their investigation in March to the final bills they get from their lawyers," said Patrick in a speech from the dais after the acquittal.
The group put out an online statement:"We reject Speaker Phelan's effort to combine Defend Texas Liberty PAC with Nick Fuentes. We oppose Mr. Fuentes' incendiary views." Attorney General Ken Paxton has not issued a statement on the Defend Texas Liberty PAC meeting with Fuentes. In the past few years, he's recently received more than $900,000 in loans or donations from the group or its donors.
Towards the end of the week, Speaker Phelan limited questions Tinderholt could bring to the floor, arguing he consistently breaks House rules. Tinderholt called Phelan"tyrannical."
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