The Texas Republican Party has filed a lawsuit against Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner after he canceled the GOP convention
Earlier in the day Wednesday, Turner had city attorneys review the city’s contract with the state Republican Party to see if the city had legal grounds for canceling., the Texas GOP alleges that Turner committed breach of contract by making the cancellation.call offHouston is now one of the hardest-hit cities in the U.S. by the coronavirus, and the state of Texas set a new record for coronavirusTop Texas Republicans, including Gov.
, adding, “Our objective is that the courts will hear and rule in our favor in time to open up the George R. Brown Convention Center Monday morning so that we may safely begin our vital work in the electoral process.”Texas has regularly set records for new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations over the past several weeks. Harris County, which includes Houston, has reported more cases than any of the state’s 254 counties.
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