Houston today canceled plans to host the 2020 Texas Republican Convention next week as coronavirus cases surge in one of the country’s biggest virus hotspots
The city of Houston on Wednesday canceled plans to host the 2020 Texas Republican Convention next week as coronavirus cases surge in one of the country’s biggest virus hot spots.on Wednesday that he’d told the operator of the indoor convention center to opt out of its contract with Texas’ Republican Party, citing health risks to first responders, convention workers and those attending the convention event.
The convention center operator, in a letter to the state Republican Party, cited a clause in its contract allowing it to cancel events because of pandemics. Texas, along with Florida, Arizona and California, has emerged as one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots in recent weeks. Texas
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