World Cup? No, It’s All About the Elephant for Texas GOP

Houston may be a World Cup host city, but you wouldn’t know it from the Texas Republican convention. With the knockout stages approaching, delegates are far more obsessed with their own group stage: the contentious midterm elections. Governor Greg Abbott’s fiery lineup of talking points—destroying radical Democrats, rejecting woke agendas—drew applause, but the real star was Paige, a live elephant symbolizing the GOP. The convention hall became an unlikely football pitch, with the 150-year-old...