…By the end of the two week impeachment trial, the Republicans in Texas were too exposed to maintain their original intent to remove Paxton. The truth overwhelmed the false GOPe narrative, and that created a problem for the Texas Republicans who are, for all intents and purposes, identical to Texas Democrats. This is one of the reasons why national Democrats are so confident they can turn Texas blue in a short period of time.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/09/16/texas-ag-ken-paxton-acquitted-on-16-impeachment-articles-he-will-immediately-return-to-office/