Overview
- Delegates at the Republican Party of Texas state convention in Houston approved a broad, nonbinding hard‑right platform that emphasized ending 'Sharia' and other culture‑war priorities.
- From the convention stage, outgoing chair Abraham George and speakers including Dr. Rick Scarborough publicly urged some Muslim attendees to leave the party or the country and members sought to expel delegates over ties to CAIR.
- A Muslim delegate, Mohamed Hussein, said he left the convention in tears after being told he did not belong, and he is reassessing his political support while saying he will back Republicans who denounce the convention's extremism.
- The convention rhetoric builds on Governor Greg Abbott's November designation of CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations and on similar statements by other GOP officials, which reporters say helps legitimize scrutiny of Muslim civic groups.
- Campaigns and candidates will now face pressure to respond to the platform and messaging, which could alter GOP outreach and voter alignment in Texas and reshape how Muslim conservatives engage with the party.