Tarrant County GOP’s vice-chairman survives recall vote over his religion

Dr. Shahid Shafi enters a Tarrant County Republican Party executive committee meeting at Faith Creek Church in Richland Hills on Thursday before a failed attempt to oust him from his vice-chairmanship because he's Muslim. Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas TribuneShahid Shafi will retain his role as vice-chairman of the Tarrant County Republican Party despite a push from a small faction of precinct chairs to remove him from his post because he's Muslim.Shafi, a trauma surgeon and Southlake