ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. 
>> Reporter: REPUBLICAN LEADERS 
QUESTIONED WHY THE MAYOR WAITED 
SO LONG TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT 
SAYING IT WAS TO QUOTE INFLICT 
THE GREATEST DISRUPTION. 
THE MAYOR SAID HE WAS HOPING 
THEY WOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN THE 
INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> HE HAS DIFFERENT STANDARDS 
FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. 
AND THAT IS NOT FAIR. 
>> Reporter: THE RESPONSE CAME 
FAST. 
>> THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR 
THREE YEARS AND IT IS NOT THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY FORCING 
ANYBODY'S HANDS. 
I THINK THE MAYOR HAS OVER 
SPOKE YOUR. 
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR 
ANNOUNCED THEY CANCELED THE 
CONTRACT WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY 
OF TEXAS THUS CANCELING THE 
CONVENTION NEXT WEEK. 
>> NO. 
THIS CONVENTION IS NOT MOVING 
FORWARD, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF 
THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK THAT IT 
POSES. 
>> Reporter: HE OPENED HIMSELF 
UP TO CRITICISM. 
>> NO ONE WANTED TO STEP IN AND 
BE THE HEAVY AND TO SAY NO
THEN RUN THE RISK OF BEING 
ACCUSED OF BEING POLITICAL. 
>> Reporter: AFTER WEEKS OF 
ENCOURAGING THE GOP TO MOVE TO 
A VIRTUAL CONVENTION, THE MAYOR 
PULLED THE PLUG. 
IN A LETTER HOUSTON'S HEALTH 
AUTHORITY CALLED THE PROSPECT 
OF HAVING 6000 PEOPLE AT THE 
GRB IN A PANDEMIC A QUOTE CLEAR 
AND PRESENT DANGER
AND THE WORKERS WHO HAVE TO BE 
THERE. 
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAID THEY 
PLANNED TO FOLLOW QUICK SAFETY 
AND HEALTH GUIDELINES, AND THE 
CONVENTION CENTER THAT HOLDS 
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 
NOW THEY MAY SUE. 
>> WE WILL PURSUE ALL LEGAL 
OPTIONS POSSIBLE AGAINST THE 
CITY OF HOUSTON, AND HOUSTON 
FIRST TO HANDLE THIS DISRUPTION 
OF OUR CONVENTION PROCESS AND 
DEAL WITH ITS RAMIFICATIONS AND 
IMPACT ON YOU, OUR DELEGATES, 
AND WITH OUR CONTRACTS WITH 
VENDORS, HOTELS AND SPONSORS. 
>> Reporter: THE BIGGEST 
CRITICISM CAME IN COMPARISONS 
TO THE PROTEST AND MARCH AS 
LAST MONTH. 
>> YOU HAVE 60,000 OUT IN THE 
STREETS, WITH THEIR SOCIAL 
DISTANCING GOING ON? 
WE KNOW THERE WASN'T. 
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VIDEOS, AND 
HE WAS PART OF THAT'S WHEN THE 
MAYOR HIMSELF PARTICIPATES, 
CLEARLY AND ACTIVITIES THAT 
VIOLATED THE SO-CALLED 
GUIDELINES, AND YET THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, THE 
STATE PARTY, HAS COMPLETELY 
AGREED TO ABIDE BY THEM, I 
THINK THERE IS A DOUBLE 
STANDARD. 
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAID 
THERE IS NO COMPARISON TO AN 
OUTDOOR EVENT. 
>> IT IS A DIFFERENT THING WHEN 
YOU TALK ABOUT AN INDOOR 
CONVENTION TWO OR THREE DAYS 
WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN CLOSE 
PROXIMITY. 
>> Reporter: THE MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY JUDGE IS OFFERING H
