Drew Darby
Role at the time: Member of the Texas House of Representatives posting on his public X account.
Condemned
Responding to
French’s posts demeaned the pictured people because of their race or ethnicity.
“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.”
Why we used this label
Darby expressly condemns the conduct as racist and demands that French retract it and apologize.
Drew Darby condemns Bo French’s post and requests an apology (opens in a new tab)X post 2099197789934600213.
Darby’s direct response says French should delete the post and apologize, and argues the conduct is unbecoming of a Railroad Commission candidate.