09/15/2026
🚨 THE KEN PAXTON IMPEACHMENT WAS A POLITICAL SHAM — AND THE SENATE VERDICT PROVED WHY HIS SUPPORTERS NEVER BOUGHT IT.
Let’s remember what actually happened.
The Texas House impeached Ken Paxton on 20 articles in 2023. The Senate then conducted a trial on 16 of those articles—and on every single article, Paxton was ACQUITTED. No article even received the 21 votes required for conviction.
Yet his political opponents continue trying to use the word “impeached” as if it means “convicted.”
It doesn’t.
Paxton was impeached by the House, but he was acquitted by the Texas Senate and returned to office. That distinction matters.
And this is exactly why calling the impeachment a sham remains a powerful political argument for Paxton’s supporters: they saw the entire proceeding as an attempt by the Texas Republican establishment to take down one of its biggest disruptors.
Paxton didn’t fit comfortably into the establishment mold.
He fought the Biden administration.
He challenged powerful institutions.
He repeatedly clashed with leaders inside his own party.
And he built a political identity around confronting the establishment rather than cooperating with it.
That made him a threat to the people who wanted the Texas GOP to operate the old-fashioned way.
And then came the impeachment.
After all the headlines, accusations and political attacks, the Texas Senate did not convict him on a single article.
That doesn’t mean every allegation made during the proceedings was proven false. But it does mean the constitutional impeachment process did not produce a conviction or removal from office.
Even Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presided over the trial, later criticized aspects of the impeachment process and called for new safeguards.
And Donald Trump strongly backed Paxton during the fight, portraying the impeachment as part of a broader political attack on conservatives.
So when people today casually say, “Paxton is corrupt because he was impeached,” remember:
HE WAS ACQUITTED.
The impeachment was not the end of Ken Paxton’s political career.
It became another battle between Paxton and the Texas establishment—and Paxton survived it.
🔥 You can hate Ken Paxton. You can disagree with him. But you cannot rewrite the verdict.
The Texas Senate had the final say in that impeachment trial: ACQUITTED ON ALL 16 ARTICLES.
Written by Reverend Jordan Wells
