The impeachment of three-term Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has set off a major civil war among Lone Star Republicans. One on side are Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other Paxton defenders; on the other side are scathing critics like Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a conservative Republican who pushed for the impeachment and believes that Paxton has become a liability for his party. In the Texas House of Representatives — where Republicans have a majority — Paxton was recently indicted,... Read this story
