Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on the state House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign on Tuesday after the latter appeared to perform his duties as speaker while drunk during a recent House floor session.
Phelan has gone viral on social media in recent days for appearing to be intoxicated while presiding over a recent session in the Texas House of Representatives. In the video below, Phelan is seen badly slurring and fumbling over his words.
“After much consideration, it is with profound disappointment that I call on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign at the end of this legislative session. Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication,” Paxton said. “His conduct has negatively impacted the legislative process and constitutes a failure to live up to his duty to the public.”
Paxton separately referred Phelan’s actions to the House General Investigating and