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Why is the Texas GOP Cleaning House Now?

A video & analysis about the Paxton impeachment, which signals crisis for the GOP

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
May 28, 2023
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Building on my MSNBC appearance last night, I react in this video to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment by the Texas GOP, which is one of the most extremist organizations in the country. They passed a resolution in summer 2022 that calls Joe Biden an “acting” president (!). Why are they cleaning house now?

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