U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi closed out the Friday night general session of Texas Democrats' virtual state convention with a four-minute speech that focused on the dark days the nation is living through and the importance of Texas in securing the party's grip on Congress. "We come together at a very difficult time for our country," Pelosi said in remarks recorded in front of a U.S. Capitol backdrop. "Across America, peaceful protesters are grieving for the murder of George Floyd and all the innocent Americans killed in a pattern of racial injustice and police brutality," the speaker said...
