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Bo French, who is running to lead a state agency, has in the past posted controversial and racist statements online

Bo French, a Texas Republican running to lead a powerful state agency, has a history of making controversial social media posts, including calling for the public execution of Democratic leaders, according to a recent investigation from CNN’s KFile team.

French, who is running to lead Texas’s railroad commission, has recently faced criticism from members of his own party after making a racist post on social media. Powerful Republicans, including the Texas senator John Cornyn, said they would not support French in the upcoming election.

But the latest spat over French’s social media has led to a deeper look at his online history. In a review of old posts from social media accounts that seemingly belonged to French, CNN’s KFile team found that the Texas Republican repeatedly called for public executions of opponents.

In 2020, French used a now-suspended X account to seemingly call for the execution of former president Barack Obama and other Obama administration officials that he believed had disseminated false information about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 1 points 13 minutes ago

And Lemmy removes comments that call for the execution of conservatives.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"Calling people Fascist and Nazis is rhetoric that promotes violence." Oh mkay. What's this then?

[–] Aaron@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So wild to me... "Don't call out their violence or they'll be more violent" is such a strange thing for them to say

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

People treat reactionaries like they don't have agency and leftists like they're somehow responsible for the actions of the aforementioned reactionaries.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Abuser mentality writ large.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The entire Conservative Party needs to labeled as a terrorist organization and dismantled.

[–] ElDuderino@lemmus.org 1 points 47 minutes ago (1 children)

We need to scalp a few of them too. Fascists only speak violence.

[–] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 minutes ago

We could have avoided all of this if ever confederate traitor was hung for treason after the civil war.

The same thing should have been done with the J6 group attempting to overthrow our nations democracy. Instead they were pardoned and pointed to as patriots. It’s embarrassing and a complete disgrace to the word patriot.

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 68 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

I love that when Republicans call for people to be murdered it’s not a crime, but if I posted that Republicans should be executed I’d probably be in jail

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 3 points 48 minutes ago

You just need to post 8647 and they try to throw you in jail.

[–] Freeposity@lemmy.world 23 points 4 hours ago

Reminds me of the CEO of Flock who said that people taking down flock cameras are terrorists, like antifa.

JFC, I just can't with these people.

[–] TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

that's kind of how I got banned on reddit

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I posted a shitpost comment on a Luigi meme and that got me banned on Reddit

[–] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 minutes ago

I can’t believe I never got banned. I just left because it’s a bot farm.

[–] openchan@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

I got banned for something dumb and then dumbass ADHD me kept accidentally commenting at worldnews lololol

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago

I post that all the time, because it's true

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Wilhoit's Law doing Wilhoit's Law things.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 28 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

To anyone unaware of why anyone would care who the Texas Railroad Comissioner is, while the position originally did, in fact, oversee trains, it no longer does. What it oversees is oil and gas production and facilities. So it's a very powerful position in the state of Texas.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/elections/what-does-the-texas-railroad-commission-actually-do-heres-what-to-know-about-the-powerful-agency-and-the-2026-race/287-b2e1b329-e15d-4422-91b0-c3c26b00ea64

[–] protist@retrofed.com 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This guy is so awful he's got a real shot at losing this race to Jon Rosenthal, meaning we'll have a Democratic Railroad Commissioner. Both French and Paxton have made a ton of enemies among Republicans in Texas by defeating establishment-type incumbents in their primaries and by their awful behavior

[–] openchan@piefed.social 8 points 3 hours ago

I love that thanks for the optimism

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 48 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

He's the guy that shows up to the orgy 6 hours early and fully nude but the Cracker Barrel staff haven't even moved the tables yet since they're still serving dinner.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

IYNYN but it’s also like a universal experience. Just like when the local gimp gets lost in Golden Corral while the meat carving station has finally freed up

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

IYKYK. K=Know. Did you have a brain lapse or is English a second language? No shade, just curious

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

If you nut you nut.

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I’m very confused. If I had a brain lapse, I’m still having it

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

You wrote "IYNYN," not "IYKYK." Like you were thinking "No" instead of "Know."

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Wym, IYKYK = If You Noew You Noew??

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

You mean I'm not the only one?

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

I bet he would squeal and cry and plead and beg in a situation like January 6th

All hat…

[–] AviAdi@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago

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