• ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    25
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    This is the article?

    NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial hasn’t started yet, but there is already political fallout. Not just for the attorney general, but for other Republican leaders and lawmakers as well.

    When House members first heard details of the 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Paxton, Republican Texas Rep. Charlie Geren of Fort Worth dropped a bombshell:

    “I would like to point out that several members of this House while on the floor of the House doing state business, received telephone calls from General Paxton personally threatening them with political consequences in their next election.”

    The whole article?

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      1 year ago

      If that’s all the relevant information that they have I’d prefer that they keep the article short rather than bloat it out with a bunch of repetition and speculation.

      • ForgetPrimacy@lemmygrad.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        I guess I agree with that principle. I’m perhaps unfairly imagining giving more context in the article would have been a better “product”.

    • theodewere@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      what a heel, the Attorney General was calling members of the House - on the House floor - threatening them with political repercussions, while they were deliberating legislation that impacted him personally