December 7, 2019      8:11 PM

Galveston County GOP Chair under pressure from Republicans to resign over racist text message

Via the Galveston County Daily News:

Galveston County Republican Party Chairwoman Yolanda Waters faces demands for her resignation from members of her own party after revelations she used a racist slur in reference to another party member in a text message earlier this year.

The chairman of the Republican Party of Texas and a group of more than a dozen local precinct chairs called Saturday for Waters' resignation and state officials confirmed the text had already caused Waters to resign from a state-appointed board at a request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Despite the loud calls for resignation, Waters on Saturday was adamant she had no plans to do so, arguing the slur was a typo.

"I am saddened and hurt that anyone believes I am 'racist' against my own people," Waters said.

Details of Waters' text have been known to local and state Republican leaders for weeks, officials said. They became public late last week when a group of precinct chairs called an emergency meeting to discuss Waters.

Precinct chairs called the meeting after learning Waters had referred to member J.T. Edwards, a black man, by the n-word in a text earlier this year.

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