Waited until the last minute, then cancelled the RNC convention scheduled to be held in Houston.
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The Texas GOP Party filed a lawsuit against the City of Houston on Thursday, furthering its efforts to move forward with an in-person state convention next week.
The suit pushed back against the city's decision to cancel the upcoming event, which followed days of requests from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. Given the spike in new coronavirus cases reported in Houston and across Texas, Turner asked the Texas GOP to hold its upcoming convention virtually.
After the Texas GOP formally rejected his requests earlier this week, Turner directed city lawyers to identify provisions in its contract with Houston First Corporation that would allow for a cancellation. Houston First Corporation operates the city's George R. Brown Convention Center, where the convention was previously scheduled to take place.
"This morning, the Republican Party of Texas filed a lawsuit against Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Houston First Corporation, and the City of Houston for breach of contract and applied for a writ of mandamus requiring the city to honor its contract," said Texas GOP Chairman James Dickey in a statement released on Thursday.
Montgomery County offers to host in-person Texas GOP convention
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough said he's willing to host the Texas Republican convention after Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner canceled the event at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
There has been a lot of back-and-forth surrounding the GOP plans, but one thing is certain, it won't be held at the GRB. The convention was expected to bring more than 6,000 delegates to the city from July 16-18. Turner called off the convention on Wednesday, July 8. Recommended
Republicans were quick to slam the decision.
"Mayor Turner's hypocritical flip flop on public gatherings is a political stunt," Harris County GOP Chairman Paul Simpson said. "While he joined in massive marches in the streets last month, he has now blocked Republican grassroots activists from peaceably assembling even under the most stringent health safeguards."
Texas GOP Chairman James Dickey said they're weighing their legal options. But Houston First, which runs the GRB, said its contract included the right to cancel during an epidemic.
Is there even enough time for this legal tennis match?
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe, an Obama phone, free health insurance. and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.
Knowing it's a liberal [bleep] hole, why hold the convention there in the first place?
The RNC should have seen this coming, The Fire did.
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe, an Obama phone, free health insurance. and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.