"1. The governor does not have the authority to remove a county DA from office. What he did - make funding the PUI contingent on her resignation - amounted to blackmail.
"2. There is no law requiring those convicted of a DUI to resign from public office in Texas. There have been many cases of elected officials getting busted for drunk driving and remaining in office. Why should a Democratic woman district attorney be held to a different standard?"
It may be bad policy, and probably is, but to characterize a governor basing his funding decisions on personalities a crime strikes me as close to ludicrous. It is another example of the attempt to criminalize political decisions.
It is most akin to what LePage did , though even that was worse . impeachment worthy perhaps (not that the TX GOP would dare sanction one of their own), but criminal indictment? desperate
