Defeated by [[Ken Paxton]] when he won the primary and general election for [[Texas]] Attorney General, Karl Rove was apparently part of the cabal behind an ambush [[Paxton Impeachment|sham impeachment]] of Paxton merely a few days before the end of the legislative session in May 2023. Rove immediately published a one-sided article in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' praising this (sham) impeachment, while including insider details not widely known. But [[conservative]]s rallied behind Paxton and he won acquittal by a landslide in the Texas Senate on September 16, 2023, in a repudiation of the power and credibility of Karl Rove and his group. On December 6, 2024, Rove's lackey on the failed impeachment, Texas House Speaker [[Dade Phelan]], withdrew from the race for reelection as Speaker in further illustration of Rove's declining influence.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/12/06/dade-phelan-withdraws-from-bid-to-remain-texas-house-speaker/</ref> | Defeated by [[Ken Paxton]] when he won the primary and general election for [[Texas]] Attorney General, Karl Rove was apparently part of the cabal behind an ambush [[Paxton Impeachment|sham impeachment]] of Paxton merely a few days before the end of the legislative session in May 2023. Rove immediately published a one-sided article in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' praising this (sham) impeachment, while including insider details not widely known. But [[conservative]]s rallied behind Paxton and he won acquittal by a landslide in the Texas Senate on September 16, 2023, in a repudiation of the power and credibility of Karl Rove and his group. On December 6, 2024, Rove's lackey on the failed impeachment, Texas House Speaker [[Dade Phelan]], withdrew from the race for reelection as Speaker in further illustration of Rove's declining influence.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/12/06/dade-phelan-withdraws-from-bid-to-remain-texas-house-speaker/</ref> |