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Related: About this forumTexas GOP convention will happen in person -- but Republican leaders will speak via video
Abbott and company are cowards
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The Republican Party of Texas is moving forward with its controversial in-person convention during the coronavirus pandemic but elected officials including Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will be giving their scheduled speeches virtually.
All the elected officials are switching from a live, in-person speech to videos, Kyle Whatley, the partys executive director, said during a town hall livestreamed Tuesday night. Theyre doing that for us in order to focus all the attention on the business of the meeting and to get everybody in and out of here as quickly and as safely as possible.
Texas Republican officials typically headline their partys biennial state convention, which this year is scheduled for July 16 to 18 at Houstons George R. Brown Convention Center. Roughly 6,000 people are expected to attend the event. Attendees will be required to wear masks during most of the gathering, according to party Chair James Dickey, after Abbott issued a statewide mask mandate last week.
Still, as the state has seen a surge in coronavirus cases, calls have been growing for the party to cancel its event. The State Republican Executive Committee, a 64-member body that serves as the party's governing board, met last week to consider moving the convention online, but it approved a resolution supporting an in-person gathering in a 40-20 vote.
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Texas GOP convention will happen in person -- but Republican leaders will speak via video (Original Post)
Gothmog
Jul 2020
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)1. Typical hypocritical actions by the Repuglicans.
ace3csusm
(969 posts)2. Aristocratic... Really Send the common folk but not us will do it from the saftey of our home
Republican voters wake up you are second class citizens to them ... What bigger sign do you need that they could care less about you and your families ...
Laelth
(32,017 posts)3. Seriously?
The party bigwigs get to stay safe while the party faithful are expected to show up and risk contagion?
Stupid, and really bad optics. Sometimes I think that they are TRYING to lose.
-Laelth