According to the Texas Tribune, “The Texas Senate on Saturday acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton of 16 articles of impeachment alleging corruption and bribery, his most artful escape in a career spent courting controversy and skirting consequences of scandal. No article received more than 14 of the required 21 votes to convict. Only two of 19 Republican Senators, Bob Nichols of Jacksonville and Kelly Hancock of North Richland Hills, voted in favor of convicting for any article — a stark contrast to the more than 70% of House Republicans who impeached the attorney general in May.”
Eh, did we expect any other outcome? What this acquittal really evinces is that the RepubliKKKlan Party — indeed half the nation — is not only incapable of holding rogue actors accountable, but they embrace, welcome, and condone RepubliKKKlans who abuse their power and pose a threat to our democracy. Yet this is what people want, especially in Texas. Paxton has been under federal indictment since the beginning of his first term, but he was easily re-elected nonetheless. And I have no doubt he will get elected to a third term after this, despite all the evidence of his criminality. But no one cares. RepubliKKKlans love the lawlessness as long as politicians sufficiently hate the gays and other minorities, and Texas voters don’t care either for the same reasons. This is what a dying country looks like: Corrupt leaders persist, get re-elected, and become more popular. The end is here, f***tards. Welcome to stupid America! No one cares!