Darby calls for deletion and an apology
Member of the Texas House of Representatives posting on his public X account.
“This is racism, plain and simple. I have served on the Energy Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Railroad Commission, for most of my tenure in the Texas House, and I have never seen conduct so unbecoming of a Railroad Commissioner or candidate in that time. The right thing to do is immediately delete this and issue an apology.”
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Was Bo French’s UT Austin post racist?
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Original post
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Darby’s direct response says French should delete the post and apologize, and argues the conduct is unbecoming of a Railroad Commission candidate.
Reporting
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State political reporting that documents the sequence of French’s posts and attributable responses from elected officials.
Before the quotation
French was the Republican nominee for an office overseen in part by the legislative committee on which Darby served.
After the quotation
Darby also argued that immigration policy falls outside the Railroad Commission’s regulatory role.
How this statement is classified
Darby expressly condemns the conduct as racist and demands that French retract it and apologize.
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