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→‎House Action: spoke at length on the House floor strongly and persuasively against this ambush impeachment: Republican Rep. John Smithee, who called the impeachment “a Saturday mob out for an afternoon lynching,” and Democrat Rep. Harold Dutt
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==House Action==
 
==House Action==
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The most-senior, highly respected House members from '''''both''''' political parties spoke at length on the House floor strongly and persuasively against this ambush impeachment: Republican Rep. John Smithee, who called the impeachment “a Saturday mob out for an afternoon lynching,”<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/27/texas-gop-held-house-set-for-impeachment-proceedings-against-ag-ken-paxton-00099096</ref> and [[Democrat]] Rep. Harold Dutton.  They explained in multiple ways, drawing upon their extensive experience, how improper this process was.
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For the 88th Legislature, Speaker [[Dade Phelan]] named the following members to the General Investigating Committee:
 
For the 88th Legislature, Speaker [[Dade Phelan]] named the following members to the General Investigating Committee:
 
*[[Andrew Murr]], the Republican chair from Junction in the Texas Hill Country; his maternal grandfather ([[Coke Stevenson]]) served as Governor of Texas but was best known for his controversial loss in the 1948 United States Senate primary race to [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]] due to the infamous "Ballot Box 13",
 
*[[Andrew Murr]], the Republican chair from Junction in the Texas Hill Country; his maternal grandfather ([[Coke Stevenson]]) served as Governor of Texas but was best known for his controversial loss in the 1948 United States Senate primary race to [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]] due to the infamous "Ballot Box 13",
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