The GOP is finally turning a new leaf in rejecting bigotry

By Siraj Hashmi

Published January 11, 2019 10:59pm ET

The GOP is finally turning a new leaf in rejecting bigotry — Dr. Shahid Shafi, speaks before members of the State Republican Executive Committee, following a vote in favor of resolution that opposes an effort by the Tarrant County Republican Party (TCRP) to remove him as vice chair because of his religion, during the committee's quarterly meeting on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Austin. Email exchanges involving county Republican leaders in Texas reveal efforts to remove Shafi, a party vice chairman because he's Muslim. | (Amanda Voisard/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Shahid Shafi, the Muslim vice chairman of the Tarrant County Republican Party, was reassured by his fellow Texans that the recent petition from a small but vocal minority to remove him from his position due to his faith was, on its face, absurd.

On Thursday, the committee voted 139-49 in favor of Shafi, with 10 abstentions, to have him remain in the party.

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