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littlemissmartypants

(35,558 posts)
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 07:41 PM Monday

GOP leaders shunned Bo French for racist posts. Now they want him to regulate Texas' oil and gas

Published June 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM CDT

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He has called Native Americans “third world savages” and said they should be deported. He believes that the U.S. should “round up every muslim and send them home.” He supports banning any ownership of Texas property by people from Muslim countries, and vows to fight a “Chinese Communist Party takeover” of the Texas oil and gas industry.
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https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2026-06-04/bo-french-texas-railroad-commission-oil-gas-election-republican
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GOP leaders shunned Bo French for racist posts. Now they want him to regulate Texas' oil and gas (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Monday OP
A word of warning for Texas newbies from a life-long Texan Vogon_Glory 15 hrs ago #1

Vogon_Glory

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1. A word of warning for Texas newbies from a life-long Texan
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:40 PM
15 hrs ago

This guy is poised to work his way up the Texas Republican Party ladder. Slots on the Texas Railroad Commission are places where ambitious politicos groom themselves (or get groomed) for higher state or state-wide offices, like Attorney General, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, US Senator. This guy’s all too likely to be around for a long time.

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