Texas delegates have some serious Lone Star swag at this year’s RNC
Delegates from Texas wave their hats in the air on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
For the third consecutive time, Texas delegates sported their Lone Star state swag by wearing matching outfits at this year’s Republican National Convention.
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Clad in Texas flag-inspired button down shirts, cowboy hats, blue jeans and in some cases, boots and belts, none of the 144 Texas delegates went unnoticed during day one of the RNC in Cleveland. You can find full American-Statesman coverage of the convention here.
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Not that they were the only wacky thing to come out of Monday’s events. To name a few, there was Donald Trump’s concert-like entrance on stage as “We Are the Champions” played, Stephen Colbert crashed the stage while dressed like a “Hunger Games” character and Melania Trump was accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech.
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick posted this photo on Twitter, looking like a proud father.
The Texas delegates also seemed to do a lot of dancing throughout the first day. Here they are jammin’ to The Beatle’s “Eight Day a Week.”
Real question: Does the hat make a dancer or does the dancer make a hat?
Where are his fellow Texas brethren?
Just look a little to the left of the stadium, you can’t miss ’em.
Truly though, the Texas delegates were not messing around this year.
Though they’re not wearing getup as strong as yesterday’s, today the delegates are just wearing a lot of red.
Represent, y’all.
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