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Republicans in Texas are facing blowback after bringing an elephant to a convention event who peed all over the floor ...

Paige the elephant made her appearance, boasting a red, white, and blue headpiece and a sign draped over her body that read, "Unity Drives Victory" ...

There's an old Hollywood saying about never working with children or animals because of their unpredictable and uncontrollable nature and the Texas Republican Party may be wishing it had heeded that ...

Paige, an African elephant, was paraded through the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston after Governor Greg Abbott’s keynote speech, and was seen wearing a large banner supporting Abbott.

When Texas GOP officials paraded Paige the elephant around their convention this month, they did so without the city permit ...

The Texas Republican Party has dragged a real elephant through its convention, sparking mockery online with some referencing a Simpsons episode. Reporters covering the convention in Houston on Friday ...