Texas Republican Party

Last year, the federal government required most insurance companies to cover the drug known as PrEP. But a group of Christian business owners claimed the mandate pushes them to “facilitate homosexual behavior.”

Drama, energy and Trump. Those words sum up this year’s Texas GOP convention, which wrapped up Saturday in Houston.

The Republican Party of Texas has been engulfed in controversy over its stance on LGBTQ+ issues, including excluding Log Cabin Republicans of Texas — an organization that works “to make the Republican Party more inclusive, particularly on LGBT issues” — from the convention.

President Joe Biden received about 7 million more votes than Donald Trump in 2020. But Republicans in Houston this week repeated debunked conspiracy theories about voter fraud delivering Biden the presidency.

The senior senator from Texas is part of a bipartisan group of legislators seeking a deal on guns.

Texas Republicans said Biden's decision to end what’s known as Title 42 will lead to chaos at the border. There had been mounting pressure on Biden to end the policy since he took office more than a year ago.

West, the former chair of the state Republican party, tweeted that his oxygen levels are low and he will likely be hospitalized, but says his condition is "not serious."

The move raises speculation that West is preparing to run for a statewide office.

Gov. Greg Abbott said there is an even greater urgency this legislative session to pass laws expanding gun rights because of Biden’s presidency.

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