‘Obviously Intoxicated’: Texas AG Calls For Texas House Speaker to Resign After Bizarre Speech

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) called for state House Speaker Dade Phelan to both resign and be investigated for presiding over the chamber while appearing intoxicated last week. A clip of Phelan, who is also a Republican, badly slurring his words while in his official capacity quickly went viral over the weekend and even led to speculation he had suffered a stroke. Paxton tore into Phelan in a statement released online, writing, “After much consideration, it is with profound disappointment that I call on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign...