Texas’ incumbent Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, the
second-highest elected official in the state, called Monday night for
the impeachment of president Barack Obama at a Tea Party forum for
candidates in the lieutenant governor’s race.
“This election is about protecting you and your freedoms, which are
given to you by God, but which are being trampled on by Barack Obama
right now. I don’t know about you, but Barack Obama ought to be
impeached,” Dewhurst said. “Not only for trampling on our liberties, but
what he did in Benghazi is just a crime.”
Dewhurst lost a 2012 Senate primary to Tea Party darling Ted Cruz and
has since moved to shore up support among conservative elements in the
GOP, according to the Texas Observer, which first reported Dewhurst’s statements.
