Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) to resign on Wednesday, citing a viral 44-second long video of the speaker from last week in which he slurred his words while presiding over a floor debate.

“After much consideration, it is with profound disappointment that I call on Speaker Dade Phelan to resign at the end of this legislative session,” Paxton said in a statement posted to Twitter. “Texans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication.”

Paxton also sent a letter to House General Investigating Committee Chairman Andrew Murr (R-Junction) asking for the body to look into the “conduct unbecoming of his position.”

Murr and the committee held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon during which they went into executive session, but then later announced publicly that it would issue two subpoenas in undefined “Matter A”: a “John Doe Number 6” and the Office of the Attorney General.

The committee will hear public testimony on this matter on Wednesday at 8 a.m.

The order of events on Tuesday proceeded as follows:

• At around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the House General Investigating Committee announced a meeting to come at 3:00 p.m.
• At 2:53 p.m., Paxton tweeted out his statement calling for the speaker’s resignation.
• At 3:00 p.m., the committee convened and went into executive session.
• At 3:10 p.m., the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) tweeted out the letter sent to the...

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