North Coastal News

Despite the Republican Party of Texas' decision to sue the City of Houston over the Democrat mayor's cancellation of the contract to hold the GOP State Convention in person, Galveston County GOP Chairwoman Dr. Yolanda Waters said that a virtual convention is "acceptable and prudent" during these "extraordinary times."

"I tried to put in a proposal for Galveston to host the convention," said Waters, who expressed concern at what the consequences of a remote convention will be, "However, our mayor nixed it."

Waters said she is worried that having the convention virtually will disrupt communications for local GOP members. "This [...] is the reason I fought so hard to get a proposal for the convention to the Party."

In a July 13 press release from the Texas GOP, Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey said that the GOP's State Convention week in Houston was off to a "wonderful start," and that the Party "looks forward to continuing their important work in an online convention."

Waters, however, said that losing the attendance of delegates who are not efficient with computers is a concern. 

"We may also gain others who attend online that were afraid of the virus and were not going to attend the convention," she said. Waters did not comment on whether not she thought an in-person convention, with or without the requirement of a mask, would be successful than an online one. 

"Our nation and the Republican Party will prevail," said Waters. "There are difficult times, but together, we will re-elect President Donald Trump."

In the legal documents of the Republican Party of Texas v. the City of Houston, the GOP accused Mayor Sylvester Turner of "ignoring the stringent safety measures put in place by the RPT while allowing other public events that were conducted unsafely."

“We thank our incredible team of attorneys for their valiant work exhausting all legal remedies fighting the partisan Democrat shutdown of our in-person Convention over the last several days," Dickey said.