HOUSTON - Early Saturday morning Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had stayed Judge Lynn Hughes verbal ruling allowing the Texas Republican Party to hold their state convention in person in Houston.On Friday afternoon, a federal judge has ruled that the Texas GOP in-person convention can proceed as scheduled at the George R.
Brown Convention Center.Conservative lawyer Jared Woodfill confirmed to FOX 26 that Federal Judge Lynn Hughes ruled the party can have their in-person convention.Earlier this week, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the city of Houston’s refusal to allow the state Republican convention to hold the in-person event due to the coronavirus pandemic.