After divisive US Senate runoff, Texas Republicans seek unity at state convention in Houston
Video showed the elephant turning part of the convention floor into a splash zone near attendees and reporters, with no injuries reported.
- On Friday, an elephant named Paige urinated on the floor at the Texas GOP Convention in Houston, interrupting proceedings in front of shocked spectators near the press area.
- The Texas Republican Party paraded the animal through the Brown Convention Center wearing a banner reading "Unity Drives Victory" to energize delegates before midterm elections.
- Viral videos of the incident spread online, with social media users citing a 1994 episode of The Simpsons titled "Bart Gets an Elephant" featuring an identical scenario at a political convention.
- The Texas Democratic Party wrote on X that the incident was a "perfect metaphor" for the GOP, while other critics called the party a "joke" and described the moment as poetic justice.
- Paige, a nine-foot-tall elephant weighing about 8,600 pounds, is provided by The East Texas Elephant Experience, which participates in programs to "help better elephants in human care," per the company's website.
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Traditionally, the Republican Party of the United States has identified itself with an elephant (the animal of the Democrats is a donkey).That is why this pachyderm is usually used in political events of the party founded in 1854.This is what happened this week in Houston, where Republicans held their state convention. Paige, an elephant, was scheduled to participate in the event.The case is that the animal has gone viral and not exactly for pol…
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