Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden's election in 2020 as illegitimate and voted in a state-wide convention that wrapped up this weekend on a party platform that calls homosexuality an 'abnormal lifestyle choice.'
The convention was held at the George R.
Brown Convention Center from Thursday until Saturday, and the vote to reject Biden's election win was a verbal one.
That resolution said: 'We believe that the 2020 election violated Article 1 and 2 of the US Constitution, that various secretaries of state illegally circumvented their state legislatures in conducting their elections in multiple ways, including by allowing ballots to be received after November 3 2020.'
The resolution went on to say that 'substantial election fraud' in cities helped Biden win.
It concluded: '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.'
Republicans were also urged to show up en masse to vote in the November midterms to minimize the effect of any future election fraud.
The other notable moments at the convention saw the Texas Republicans publicly rebuke Senator John Cornyn for engaging in bipartisan gun control talks, GidOnlone voted in favor of repealing the Voting Rights Act and voted on a measure demanding that schoolchildren 'learn about the humanity of the preborn child.'
The party's embrace of unfounded electoral fraud allegations in a bedrock Republican state came as a bipartisan congressional committee seeks to definitively and publicly debunk the false idea that Biden did not win the election.
The platform will be sent to the state capital Austin to be certified officially by the state Republican party.
A Donald Trump cutout stands at Patriot Mobile display at the Republican Party of Texas convention at George R.
Brown Convention Center on Thursday
Members voted to repeal the Voting Rights Act, a law that was passed to make it easier to Black Americans to vote
Among the events at the convention was a screening of the conspiracy theory movie '200 Mules.' The film claims to have revealed evidence of mass voter fraud
The convention was held at the George R.
Brown Convention Center in Houston.
Party spokesman James Wesolek said that it was unusual for votes of this nature to be rejected, reports
Biden received 7 million more votes than rival Donald Trump.
Biden also received 306 votes from the Electoral College, more than the 270 needed to win.
Speaking to KUT, delegates at the convention echoed the sentiments of the resolution.
Mary Jo Bloomqvist said: 'There's no way in hell Biden got 81 million votes.
Are you kidding me?'
While Jessica Steels said that she saw the 'numbers change' and that she not longer trusts 'the voting system.' Steels added: 'I became a precinct chair two years ago when Donald Trump was running in 2020, which we all know he won.'
Donald Trump comfortably defeated Joe Biden in the state of Texas by more than 600,000 votes in 2020
Texas was one of the many states that conducted an extensive audit of the 2020 presidential election but found few discrepancies.
Donald Trump comfortably won the state by more than 600,000 votes.
Among the events at the convention was a screening of the conspiracy theory movie '200 Mules.' The film claims to have revealed evidence of mass voter fraud.
The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S.
Capitol is building a case that Trump's efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election -- including by denying he lost -- amounted to conspiracy to illegally hold onto power.
In recent weeks, testimonies from members of former President Donald Trump inner circle admitted that they did not believe his claims of election fraud.
Trump, the 45th U.S.
president, has denied any wrongdoing with regard to the January 6 riot.
Texas Lt.
Gov. Dan Patrick was one of the keynote speakers at the convention
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dade Phelan addressing members of the party at a special reception
Texas is a major player in U.S.
national politics, with 38 electoral votes, the second highest after California. Voters there have backed Republican presidents for the past four decades.
The White House had no comment.
According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, about two-thirds of Republicans believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump.
State and federal judges dismissed more than 50 lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies challenging the election while reviews and audits found no evidence of widespread fraud.
One of the proposed principles in the latest Texas Republican party