Texas GOP convention will happen in person -- but Republican leaders will speak via video

[Gothmog]

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 party’s executive director, said during a town hall livestreamed Tuesday night. “They’re 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 party’s biennial state convention, which this year is scheduled for July 16 to 18 at Houston’s 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.

[AkFemDem]

1. Ah I see

Just going to kill off their voters, not their candidates. That ought to work out well for them.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Amazing, isn't it.

[ace3csusm]

2. maybe the want to thin the herd

Maybe they are sick of their own supporter and want to press the reset button...Lets see how many show up

[hibbing]

4. Will reality ever return? n/t

[Dustlawyer]

5. Surely Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will be in person to sacrifice for the good of the Party?

[Submariner]

6. I would hope that by now he is vigorously fasting so as not to waste groceries

and clean water sustaining such a useless body, all the while dragging down the trump economy. Die Dan Die!

[keithbvadu2]

7. The important people show themselves in hiding.

[2naSalit]

8. Chickenshits. ...nt

[Gothmog]

9. Cancelled

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[SoonerPride]

10. Not anymore it won't. Houston canceled it outright.

Womp womp

[Gothmog]

11. The Wisconsin GOP is holding an in person state convention

See what Houston is missing

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