Putting The 'Ex' In Texas? AG Ken Paxton Faces Permanent Removal
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Republican lawmakers in the state are also working to change how elections are overseen in the Texas' largest county. Good governance advocates have raised concerns that the new rules could jeopardize election integrity in one of the nation's most populous metropolitan areas.
This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider, and voting correspondent Miles Parks.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Tom and Morgan Town, West Virginia. |
| 0:03.6 | I'm getting ready for my last day of work after 33 years as a physical therapist at the local hospital. |
| 0:10.0 | This podcast was recorded at... |
| 0:12.4 | 106 pm on Monday, 5th of June. |
| 0:16.7 | The news may have changed by the time you hear it, |
| 0:19.6 | but I'll still be retired and relaxing on the patio with a cup of tea. |
| 0:24.4 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:30.0 | It sounds so relaxed and so deserving of all that relaxation. |
| 0:34.9 | A cup of tea and a bunch of birds. |
| 0:36.7 | That was a lovely bird'scape. |
| 0:38.1 | I heard there. |
| 0:38.8 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:41.7 | I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 0:43.9 | I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover politics. |
| 0:46.2 | And Andrew Schneider is here with us from Houston Public Media. |
| 0:49.6 | Hey, Andrew. |
| 0:51.1 | Hello. |
| 0:52.2 | So there has been a lot of drama in the Texas State House recently. |
| 0:56.5 | And let us start with the Attorney General Ken Paxton. |
| 1:00.2 | He's a Republican, a very high profile, |
| 1:03.6 | national Republican for various lawsuits that he's filed in recent years. |
| 1:07.8 | And he was impeached by the State House, |
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