The Republican Party of Texas Doesn’t Want Converts, Only True Believers

The official Texas GOP Convention schedule did not make note of the event, but on Friday afternoon, the Log Cabin Republicans held a cocktail reception at the state party’s annual meetup. In a small room on the second floor of the Henry B. González Convention Center, in San Antonio, the pro-LGBTQ Republican group drew a modest crowd of around thirty attendees. One thirtysomething man, in business casual attire with slicked-back black hair, had flown in from Huntington Beach, California, and distributed rainbow wristbands displaying the group’s name. Matt Gaetz, the right-wing U.S. representative from Florida and the keynote speaker at a gala that night, fraternized with attendees and picked at pastries the group was serving. Though they had come to discuss GOP politics, the Log…

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