Paxton Impeachment - Day One Breakdown

Here's what you missed on day one of the Paxton Impeachment Trial.

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Today was day one of the Impeachment of Ken Paxton. The Senate mainly dealt with housekeeping issues. Toward the end of the day, we finally heard from one witness. The day started with each Senator (except for Angela Paxton) being sworn in, one by one. It was a little absurd because they could have stood and been sworn in together, but Lt Governor Dan Patrick wanted everyone to swear on Sam Houston’s bible in the front of the room.


The legend is that “Sam Houston’s bible” belonged to the forefather of Texas. However, in recent years, it’s been suggested that the bible did not actually belong to Sam Houston. So, it’s possible that the Senators were just sworn in on an old bible that didn’t belong to anyone special.

Next, they had to address all of the pre-trial motions that Ken Paxton’s team filed, and there were a lot. There were 24 total pre-trial motions ranging from quashing the articles of impeachment, dismissing most of them, or dismissing each article one by one.

Of those motions, all Democrats and seven Republicans voted against every single one. Those GOP members included Flores, Hancock, Huffman, King, Middleton, Nichols, and Springer.

Is there still some integrity left in the Republican Party?