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A clip of Texas House Speaker slurring his words has sparked calls for his resignation.
in the 44-second video that’s now been viewed more than 1.5 million times: PHELAN: Mr. Kuempel, the Senate amendat — the amendment is [inaudible] is the objection to the opposite amendment, and the [inaudible] amendat — amendment is adopted.
The chair recognizes Mr. — Mr. Johnson of Harris? Mr. Johnson of Harris to speak in opposition to … the bill.PHELAN: The chair recognizes Ms. Neave-Criado to speak in opposition to the bill. Phelan hadn’t responded to allegations that he was drunk in the clip as of Monday afternoon. Reached by phone on Monday morning, the speaker’s office said they did “not have a comment as of yet.” Former GOP state Rep. Jonathan Stickland also weighed in on the controversy. The way he tells it, the video wasn’t inconsistent with Texas lawmakers’ typical behavior.,” Stickland tweeted on Saturday. “Watching the Speaker be this wasted is absolutely unacceptable. These Representatives are making laws that impact 30 million Texans. It must stop.” One commenter then inquired as to whether the notion that “members are regularly intoxicated” is against the rules at all. Is it, they asked, regarded as “illegal use of taxpayer funds?” “The wasted Speaker you see in this video @DadePhelan decides how the rules are enforced,” Stickland replied.
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