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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:22 PM Jul 2020

Houston cancels state GOP convention as party vows legal fight

Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on Wednesday that the city has canceled the Texas Republican Party’s in-person state convention in downtown Houston next week.

Houston First, the public nonprofit that serves as the city’s convention arm, sent a letter to the party’s executive committee notifying it that the convention has been canceled.

The letter triggers a part of the contract called a “force majeure” clause, which allows one side to cancel for an occurrence out of its control. The definition included “epidemics in the City of Houston,” according to the Houston First letter.

Earlier Wednesday, Texas Republican Party officials said they were preparing for a legal fight after Turner said the Houston First and the city attorney’s office would review its contract with the party for using the George R. Brown Convention Center for the convention July 16-18.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/city-cancels-state-gop-convention-as-party-vows-legal-fight/ar-BB16uAhS?li=BBnb7Kz

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Houston cancels state GOP convention as party vows legal fight (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
The christofascist theocrat Abbott wasn't even going to have the balls to show up in person. Thomas Hurt Jul 2020 #1
Good move Mayor Turner for the safety of everyone. It is tempting to let the morons gather walkingman Jul 2020 #2
They should just have it in Russia. stillcool Jul 2020 #3

walkingman

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2. Good move Mayor Turner for the safety of everyone. It is tempting to let the morons gather
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:40 PM
Jul 2020

and hopefully they would all get the virus - it would be so appropriate but it would endanger the general public because you just know the GOP thinks they are all scientists and don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.

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