Texas GOP approves virtual convention after court loss

[RandySF]

The Texas GOP on Monday approved holding a virtual convention this year after losing its legal battle at the state Supreme Court earlier in the day.

The state’s Republican Party Executive Committee voted 53 to 4 to consider moving the state convention online as Texas has become a U.S. hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic, The Texas Tribune reported.

The vote follows the party’s attempts to get legal approval to host the about 6,000-person event in Houston after the city canceled it. The convention was scheduled to start Thursday at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court denied an appeal from the state GOP in a 7 to 1 ruling earlier on Monday and also dismissed another appeal from party officials and Houston conservative activist Steve Hotze.

The state Republican party argued that their in-person convention should be protected under the Texas and U.S. constitutions. But the justices decided that “those rights do not allow it to simply commandeer use of the Center,” according to the newspaper.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/507177-texas-gop-approves-virtual-convention-after-court-loss

[Renew Deal]

1. I wonder what would have happened if online tools weren't available

Aside from that, and interactive online event with 6000 is hard to pull off. There are tools that can hold those kinds of numbers, but they require preparation.

[tanyev]

2. And I bet most of them are secretly relieved that the mayor of Houston canceled it for them.

They don't have to go, and they can use the fauxtrage as political ammo. Win-win (in their minds).