The Republican Party of Texas adopted a resolution at its state convention that rejects President Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, further aligning the state party establishment with former President Donald Trump in pushing false election claims.
"We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States," reads the resolution, passed by voice vote in Houston on Saturday."We strongly urge all Republicans to work to ensure election integrity and to show up to vote in November of 2022, bring your friends and family, volunteer for your local Republicans, and overwhelm any possible fraud.
"The state party's platform has not yet been finalized, James Wesolek, a spokesperson for the Texas GOP, told CNN, but votes are being tallied on each individual plank.Read MoreAlso, during the convention, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a lead GOP negotiator on bipartisan gun talks, received boos from his home-state crowd after he said he had"fought and kept President Biden's gun-grabbing wish list off the table.""Democrats pushed for an assault weapons ban, I said no.
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