Especially energy. and power and the power grid. our focus is on dispatchable power. to make sure that we will have the needed dispatchable power to provide reliable electricity to everybody in the state. and then there is the texas prison system, where more than two thirds of prisons do not have air conditioning in living areas at all. today the texas tribune reports that since its latest heat wave gripped texas, at least nine inmates have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning. earlier this year the texas state house voted in more than $500 million to install air conditioners in all texas prisons over the next decade. but last month the republican -controlled state senate rejected that proposal. now if that may sound like a lot of money until you realize that texas currently has a nearly 33 billion dollar budget surplus. we are in this wild moment in which red states are at the forefront of some of the greatest impacts of climate change, and at the same time republican leadership in these
Have air conditioning in living areas at all. did the texas tribune reports that since its latest heat wave gripped texas, at least nine inmates have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning. earlier this year the texas state house voted in more than $500 million to install air conditioners in all texas prisons over the next decade. but last month the republican -controlled state senate rejected that proposal. now if that may sound like a lot of money until you realize that texas currently has a nearly 33 billion dollar budget surplus. we are in this wild moment in which red states are at the forefront of some of the greatest impacts of climate change, and at the same time republican leadership in these states is so adamant about not acknowledging climate change, not being coward by the libs, they are literally letting their citizens die. we are gonna talk to one of the democrats pushing for some real sensible action here coming right up next.
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Sort of open warfare between the house speaker, dave phelan, and ken paxson. he accused the speaker of the texas house of publican of being drunk on the job. we did play that clip of him, very noticeably, slurring his words the other night while gambling over proceedings. what do you make of that? you know, i think it is no coincidence that ken paxton s sort of throwing these allegations around the day that the general investigative committee in the house released their impeachment charges. he s trying to divert. he learns from the best, and donald trump is his mentor, his biggest supporter, and so, he s going to throw everything but the kitchen sink in order to divert from the real issue at hand, which is his corruption and the fact that his own party is going to finally hold him accountable for it. i want to play this. this was circulating today, it s not from recently, it s actually from back in june of 2021, but it s paxton on bannon s podcast, basically claiming credit for trump s in
Occasions that he was about to violate the law. over the holiday weekend, kim paxson was perhaps the most notorious state attorney general in the nation was impeached. it was done by his own party, the texas state house. for anyone who has followed his career, it has been a long time coming. i mean, paxton is basically an ethical train wreck. he s been under indictment for felonies securities fraud, for eight years. nearly three years ago, seven top aides and deputy 80s accuse bots of bribery and abuse of office. he also fired several of them. they filed a whistleblower lawsuit that include accusations of loving a campaign donor and renovation of paxson s home. but ken paxson s way of protecting himself is basically the same as donald trump s, which is, i m taking on the lips, so i am your hero. and so, he tried to rally his allies ahead of the impeachment vote. ted cruz called the whole thing a travesty and not under the dump donald trump called to free can paxton. but it did not work. part of the reason it didn t work is because the story
Paxson and his supporters are trying to tell here is that the whole thing is some deep state plot, that republicans were handed gloves with liberals. what have you done to anchor these establishment liberal republicans? look, i ve angered, ever since i was in the texas house, i ended up running into republican speaker and, you know, when you expose what these liberal republicans do, which is basically cut deals with literal democrats, they get really angry that the last thing they want is somebody around like me, who exposes what they do. i m sorry, i m sorry. doesn t matt gaetz have another job? why is he on the left side of the screen? sorry. it s a little hard to tell the story that matt gaetz, newsmax host, and ken paxson, are trying to tell. when you are talking about the state house republicans in texas who are among the most right wing legislators and it was any state in the union. over half of them voted to impeach him. so, now ken paxton has suspended his attorney general, and faces a trial in the texas
Texas house of publican of being drunk on the job. we did play that clip of him, very noticeably, slurring his words the other night while gambling over proceedings. what do you make of that? you know, i think it is no coincidence that ken paxton s sort of throwing these allegations around the day that the general investigative committee in the house released their impeachment charges. he s trying to divert. he learns from the best, and donald trump is his mentor, his biggest supporter, and so, he s going to throw everything but the kitchen sink in order to divert from the real issue at hand, which is his corruption and the fact that his own party is going to finally hold him accountable for it. i want to play this. this was circulating today, it s not from recently, it s
Texas who are among the most right wing legislators and it was any state in the union. over half of them voted to impeach him. so, now ken paxton has suspended his attorney general, and faces a trial in the texas senate, where one of the people who could be sitting in judgment of him is his own wife, texas state senator, angela paxton. texas state representative, james teller ego, is a democrat serving in the texas house and he joins me now. i guess first, what was it like this weekend being a part of this? chris, thanks for having me on. this is probably the most consequential vote that i m going to cast as a member of the texas legislature, removing a statewide elected official is no small matter and i know all of my colleagues put a lot of thought into this. as you mentioned, ken paxton s record of corruption is pretty clear and pretty egregious. but it was still no small thing. and so, it was a historic moment and i really couldn t be prouder of my colleagues in both political parties for
Senate, where one of the people who could be sitting in judgment of him is his own wife, texas state senator, angela paxton. texas state representative, james teller ego, is a democrat serving in the texas house and he joins me now. i guess first, what was it like this weekend being a part of this? chris, thanks for having me on. this is probably the most consequential vote that i m going to cast as a member of the texas legislature, removing a statewide elected official is no small matter and i know all of my colleagues put a lot of thought into this. as you mentioned, ken paxton s record of corruption is pretty clear and pretty egregious. but it was still no small thing. and so, it was a historic moment and i really couldn t be prouder of my colleagues in both political parties for coming together and hoping the corrupt official accountable. i have to say, i ve follow texas politics relatively closely for years and followed