Texas governor skipping Republican convention
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Source: The Hill
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) will not attend the scaled-back Republican National Convention in North Carolina, he said in a letter to GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
"It was an honor being selected to serve as Chair of the Texas Delegation for the 2020 Republican National Convention," Abbott wrote in a letter dated Friday and obtained by the Dallas Morning News. "However, as we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, my top priority remains focused on protecting the health and safety of Texans. As such, my duties as governor will not permit me to attend the convention session in Charlotte, he added.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), chairman of President Trumps Texas reelection campaign, will lead the state's Republican delegation, Abbott said. Patrick, he wrote, was elected by the Texas delegates to be vice chair of the delegation, and as acting chair, he will represent Texas well.
While Texas typically sends more than 150 delegates to the Republican convention, the party will limit on-site delegates to six to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510197-texas-governor-skipping-republican-convention
Ill be in North Carolina
and thats a very big deal because we have a lot of the delegates there,
and that will be a nomination process,
and thats essentially where the nomination,
where its formalized, Trump told Raleigh-based WRAL News last week.
walkingman
(7,711 posts)at least for the last 25 years we will have the lowest elements of Teas representing us politically. Lt. Gov. Patrick is certifiable. And the Texas GOP delegation are some of the most unsophisticated politicians in America. Hopefully in November we will rid ourselves of some of these vermin but the GOP did not take control overnight and it will take years to reverse this madness.
ananda
(28,925 posts)Boy he's got a lotta nerve saying that!
mpcamb
(2,884 posts)Mitch says it ok to distance from him but his stench sticks to ya.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Response to left-of-center2012 (Original post)
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Paladin
(28,290 posts)He decided that fellating trump was more important. The deadly evidence of his mismanagement is there for all to see.
Count on Dan Patrick doing some grotesquely awful stuff at that convention---he won't be able to contain himself.
LiberalFighter
(51,403 posts)ResistantAmerican17
(3,854 posts)Sacrifice yourself for the party!!!
Jirel
(2,035 posts)Keep Abbott here, as hes half-breaking with Dump, and send Dan Patrick to go get COVID. Hopefully we can have a nose shared cemetery plot for him and Gohmert.