Accused of abuse of office, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's actions have sparked controversy within his own party, but the swift move to impeach prevented rallying significant support, fellow Mark P. Jones explains.
“Republicans stick to their talking points about fraud and Democrats stick to their talking points about suppression, when the reality is that we don’t have a problem with fraud or suppression in the U.S.,” fellow Mark P. Jones told the Houston Chronicle.
Bryan Slaton's recent downfall has sparked complications in the Legislature. For true conservatives, fellow Mark P. Jones says "It undercuts everything they’re trying to achieve when someone they thought shared their values betrays those values so openly.”
Although it was reported that Abbott and state officials used $1 billion in COVID-19 relief money for Operation Lone Star, under state law, Abbott performed "a perfectly legitimate budgetary maneuver" fellow Mark P. Jones explained to PolitiFact.
As Title 42 is set to expire, uncertainty grows about immigration policy in the U.S. “It was more designed for the era when people were fleeing political persecution in the Soviet Union or Cuba in small numbers,” fellow Mark P. Jones told KPRC 2.