Court refuses to order Houston to host Texas GOP gathering

[Gothmog]

Yeah No super spreader event in Houston

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The Texas Supreme Court on Monday upheld Houston’s refusal to allow the state Republican convention to hold in-person events in the city due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The court dismissed an appeal of a state district judge’s denial of a temporary restraining order sought by the state Republican Party.

The state GOP convention had been scheduled to begin Thursday at Houston’s downtown convention center and was expected to draw thousands of participants.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, said last week that he had directed city lawyers to terminate the contract because he believed the event could not be held safely. He denied that the convention was cancelled due to political differences and cited the potential risk to service workers and first responders if the virus spread through the convention.

[sheshe2]

1. Good

[Nevilledog]

2. Well, that's surprisingly sane.

[tanyev]

3. I suspect most TX Republicans are secretly relieved the mayor canceled

their convention, but they’ll still use it as a political weapon because they’re giant assholes.

[LeftInTX]

4. Their convention is gonna suck..LOL

No time to plan it virtually!

They are having in person meeting for the following committees today.
Monday, July 13th
11:00 AM -Temporary Rules Committee
11:00 AM -Temporary Platform Committee
11:00 AM -Temporary Legislative Priorities Committee

(Committees have about 40 members each)

https://www.texasgop.org/state-convention-update-2/

“There will be a call for a meeting of the State Republican Executive Committee to finalize our path forward when we have rulings on both of our cases. In spite of the obvious politically-motivated efforts of the Mayor to disrupt our convention, we will duly elect our national delegates and the Presidential Electors for our President Donald J. Trump on time as planned.”

[Gothmog]

5. The GOP is meeting on virtual convention

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