Clearly, not many people have ever heard of the Texas Railroad Commission and what their duties are.
I've heard of them because of my having followed the oil and gas industry for decades.

The Texas Legislature established this state agency way back in 1891.
But it stopped regulating railroads in 2005 as the last of that regulation was transferred to the state DOT.

The TRC is based in Austin with a $79 million dollar budget.

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Primaries are always low turnout no matter who is on the ballot, so I'm not sure what this back-and-forth about the exact number of votes accomplishes. French got enough of the vote from Republicans who bothered to turn out. We'll see if he wins the general despite these racist comments.

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Plenty of people have won races after making racist comments, on both sides.

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This guy seems a lot more direct about it, though. I mean, unless you're going back to the 60s or something.

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Maybe true, I don't know anything about this guy and hadn't even heard of him until this situation arose. I was thinking much more recently than the 60s

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of course, plenty of examples of this outcome when <8% of the registered voters of any party are as racist as this dude

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sycasey said:

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Primaries are always low turnout no matter who is on the ballot, so I'm not sure what this back-and-forth about the exact number of votes accomplishes. French got enough of the vote from Republicans who bothered to turn out. We'll see if he wins the general despite these racist comments.

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Plenty of people have won races after making racist comments, on both sides.

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This guy seems a lot more direct about it, though. I mean, unless you're going back to the 60s or something.

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Maybe true, I don't know anything about this guy and hadn't even heard of him until this situation arose. I was thinking much more recently than the 60s

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of course, plenty of examples of this outcome when <8% of the registered voters of any party are as racist as this dude

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Biden was elected with the most votes ever and he has said quite a few racist things. Are you telling me the entire democratic party is racist?

Racism in America is only seen as a black and white issue by Democrats, literally.

Other races don't exist to them in comparison, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, etc. How dare they talk about racism among other groups like it's the same thing when African-Americans were the ones enslaved?

Democrats don't even know how to pander to these groups properly.

But they pretend to be outraged.

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Racism in America is only seen as a black and white issue by Democrats, literally.

Other races don't exist to them in comparison, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, etc. How dare they talk about racism among other groups like it's the same thing when African-Americans were the ones enslaved?

Democrats don't even know how to pander to these groups properly.

But they pretend to be outraged.

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What? This example is literally racism against Asian-Americans and we are talking about it.

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cal83dls79 said:

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sycasey said:

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sycasey said:

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Primaries are always low turnout no matter who is on the ballot, so I'm not sure what this back-and-forth about the exact number of votes accomplishes. French got enough of the vote from Republicans who bothered to turn out. We'll see if he wins the general despite these racist comments.

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Plenty of people have won races after making racist comments, on both sides.

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This guy seems a lot more direct about it, though. I mean, unless you're going back to the 60s or something.

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Maybe true, I don't know anything about this guy and hadn't even heard of him until this situation arose. I was thinking much more recently than the 60s

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of course, plenty of examples of this outcome when <8% of the registered voters of any party are as racist as this dude

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Biden was elected with the most votes ever and he has said quite a few racist things. Are you telling me the entire democratic party is racist?

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Which things that Biden said do you think were just as racist as the comments from Bo French in the OP?

Or these?

Bo French is rightly getting heat for his anti Indian tweet but he is also deeply racist against indigenous and Chinese people pic.twitter.com/hqm4lJw78p

— Organizermemes (@OrganizerMemes) September 15, 2026

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of course, plenty of examples of this outcome when <8% of the registered voters of any party are as racist as this dude

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Biden was elected with the most votes ever and he has said quite a few racist things. Are you telling me the entire democratic party is racist?

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Biden can't be racist because he chose a black woman to be his VP who later ousted him despite him winning the primary election in the name of Democracy.

Biden's wife, Jill, can't be racist because she tried to speak Spanish on the campaign trail to people who could understand English.

Any racist comments are racist and Biden made plenty.

"Poor kids" / "white kids." While campaigning for president, Biden said, "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

"You ain't Black." During the presidential campaign, Biden told Charlamagne tha God that if someone had trouble deciding between him and Trump, "then you ain't black."

Obama was "articulate…bright and clean." Biden described Barack Obama as the first "mainstream African-American" presidential candidate who was "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."

Indian-American stereotype. Biden remarked that in Delaware, "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

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Any racist comments are racist and Biden made plenty.

"Poor kids" / "white kids." While campaigning for president, Biden said, "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

"You ain't Black." During the presidential campaign, Biden told Charlamagne tha God that if someone had trouble deciding between him and Trump, "then you ain't black."

Obama was "articulate…bright and clean." Biden described Barack Obama as the first "mainstream African-American" presidential candidate who was "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."

Indian-American stereotype. Biden remarked that in Delaware, "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

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So these statements could be described as repeating of stereotypes (Blacks are poor or always vote Democratic, Indians work in food marts, etc.). I don't think any of them carry the suggestion that a particular race are inherently inferior as citizens or residents of America like what Bo French said. You honestly think these are just as bad?

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Racism in America is only seen as a black and white issue by Democrats, literally.

Other races don't exist to them in comparison, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, etc. How dare they talk about racism among other groups like it's the same thing when African-Americans were the ones enslaved?

Democrats don't even know how to pander to these groups properly.

But they pretend to be outraged.

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What? This example is literally racism against Asian-Americans and we are talking about it.

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The only reason we're talking about this here is because okaydo had nothing to talk about politically for months until this came out.

It's much easier and more beneficial for the Dems to be outraged over the tweet rather than discuss immigration in general, including legal immigration because they have demonstrated that they don't know what illegal immigration is anymore.

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BearlySane88 said:

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Any racist comments are racist and Biden made plenty.

"Poor kids" / "white kids." While campaigning for president, Biden said, "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

"You ain't Black." During the presidential campaign, Biden told Charlamagne tha God that if someone had trouble deciding between him and Trump, "then you ain't black."

Obama was "articulate…bright and clean." Biden described Barack Obama as the first "mainstream African-American" presidential candidate who was "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."

Indian-American stereotype. Biden remarked that in Delaware, "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

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So these statements could be described as repeating of stereotypes (Blacks are poor or always vote Democratic, Indians work in food marts, etc.). I don't think any of them carry the suggestion that a particular race are inherently inferior as citizens or residents of America like what Bo French said. You honestly think these are just as bad?

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I think they are both examples of racist statements.

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Any racist comments are racist and Biden made plenty.

"Poor kids" / "white kids." While campaigning for president, Biden said, "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

"You ain't Black." During the presidential campaign, Biden told Charlamagne tha God that if someone had trouble deciding between him and Trump, "then you ain't black."

Obama was "articulate…bright and clean." Biden described Barack Obama as the first "mainstream African-American" presidential candidate who was "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."

Indian-American stereotype. Biden remarked that in Delaware, "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

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Before Biden became president, how come his Democratic challengers didn't bring up any of this during the debates and campaign trails? Why did the media completely ignore it?

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BearlySane88 said:

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Any racist comments are racist and Biden made plenty.

"Poor kids" / "white kids." While campaigning for president, Biden said, "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

"You ain't Black." During the presidential campaign, Biden told Charlamagne tha God that if someone had trouble deciding between him and Trump, "then you ain't black."

Obama was "articulate…bright and clean." Biden described Barack Obama as the first "mainstream African-American" presidential candidate who was "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."

Indian-American stereotype. Biden remarked that in Delaware, "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

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So these statements could be described as repeating of stereotypes (Blacks are poor or always vote Democratic, Indians work in food marts, etc.). I don't think any of them carry the suggestion that a particular race are inherently inferior as citizens or residents of America like what Bo French said. You honestly think these are just as bad?

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I think they are both examples of racist statements.

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So racism is like virginity I guess. Once you lose it . . .

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sycasey said:

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Racism in America is only seen as a black and white issue by Democrats, literally.

Other races don't exist to them in comparison, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, etc. How dare they talk about racism among other groups like it's the same thing when African-Americans were the ones enslaved?

Democrats don't even know how to pander to these groups properly.

But they pretend to be outraged.

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What? This example is literally racism against Asian-Americans and we are talking about it.

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The only reason we're talking about this here is because okaydo had nothing to talk about politically for months until this came out.

It's much easier and more beneficial for the Dems to be outraged over the tweet rather than discuss immigration in general, including legal immigration because they have demonstrated that they don't know what illegal immigration is anymore.

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No, a lot of people are outraged about it, including other Republicans in Texas. Not everything people are talking about is a conspiracy. Sometimes Republicans do bad things and deserve criticism.

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sycasey said:

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DaddyLegend said:

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Racism in America is only seen as a black and white issue by Democrats, literally.

Other races don't exist to them in comparison, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, etc. How dare they talk about racism among other groups like it's the same thing when African-Americans were the ones enslaved?

Democrats don't even know how to pander to these groups properly.

But they pretend to be outraged.

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What? This example is literally racism against Asian-Americans and we are talking about it.

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The only reason we're talking about this here is because okaydo had nothing to talk about politically for months until this came out.

It's much easier and more beneficial for the Dems to be outraged over the tweet rather than discuss immigration in general, including legal immigration because they have demonstrated that they don't know what illegal immigration is anymore.

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No, a lot of people are outraged about it, including other Republicans in Texas. Not everything people are talking about is a conspiracy. Sometimes Republicans do bad things and deserve criticism.

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Absolutely. But the outrage coming from those silent about Biden and more recently, Graham Platner, isn't all that interesting.

Both were dispatched by their own party if memory serves

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Both were dispatched by their own party if memory serves

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One was dispatched due to sexual assault allegations, the other, deteriorating mental health allegations.

Nothing to do with racism.

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Both were dispatched by their own party if memory serves

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One was dispatched due to sexual assault allegations, the other, deteriorating mental health allegations.

Nothing to do with racism.

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because they didn't go full racist like this guy and double down , you never want to go full racist. So it's a false comparison.

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Both were dispatched by their own party if memory serves

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One was dispatched due to sexual assault allegations, the other, deteriorating mental health allegations.

Nothing to do with racism.

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because they didn't go full racist like this guy and double down , you never want to go full racist. So it's a false comparison.

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That's unless you subscribe to the BS88 standard, which is that all racist things are racist, full stop. No shades of gray.

Which would either mean you have to literally toss everyone out (including Donald Trump) for being racist or no one. Not sure which one is being endorsed here.

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Both were dispatched by their own party if memory serves

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One was dispatched due to sexual assault allegations, the other, deteriorating mental health allegations.

Nothing to do with racism.

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because they didn't go full racist like this guy and double down , you never want to go full racist. So it's a false comparison.

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Full racist versus half racist? Does Bo French also have a Nazi tattoo and think Obama was the first mainstream, articulate, bright, and clean black guy to walk the earth?

Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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No one here in this entire thread supported what he did or even knew who he was.

Unlike the two Democrats mentioned, especially Biden, who received enthusiastic support despite the criticism!

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DiabloWags said:

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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No one here in this entire thread supported what he did or even knew who he was.

Unlike the two Democrats mentioned, especially Biden, who received enthusiastic support despite the criticism!

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You mentioned Biden again.
Are you purposefully trying to "hijack" the thread bro?

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DaddyLegend said:

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DiabloWags said:

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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No one here in this entire thread supported what he did or even knew who he was.

Unlike the two Democrats mentioned, especially Biden, who received enthusiastic support despite the criticism!

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You mentioned Biden again.
Are you purposefully trying to "hijack" the thread bro?

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Of course not, bro.
Exposed hypocrisy feels a little triggering, tho?

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DiabloWags said:

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DaddyLegend said:

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DiabloWags said:

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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No one here in this entire thread supported what he did or even knew who he was.

Unlike the two Democrats mentioned, especially Biden, who received enthusiastic support despite the criticism!

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You mentioned Biden again.
Are you purposefully trying to "hijack" the thread bro?

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Of course not, bro.
Exposed hypocrisy feels a little triggering, tho?

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Not triggering at all.

I just find it comical that the same 3 or 4 posters ALWAYS resort to the "But Biden did this!!!"
It reminds me of being on the playground at Buena Vista Elementary in Walnut Creek.

"But he did it too!"

DiabloWags said:

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DaddyLegend said:

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DiabloWags said:

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DaddyLegend said:

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DiabloWags said:

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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No one here in this entire thread supported what he did or even knew who he was.

Unlike the two Democrats mentioned, especially Biden, who received enthusiastic support despite the criticism!

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You mentioned Biden again.
Are you purposefully trying to "hijack" the thread bro?

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Of course not, bro.
Exposed hypocrisy feels a little triggering, tho?

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Not triggering at all.
I just find it comical that the same 3 or 4 posters ALWAYS resort to the "But Biden did this!!!"
It reminds me of being on the playground at Buena Vista Elementary in Walnut Creek.

"He did it too!"

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Why do you keep bringing up the fine people on both sides hoax when you know it was a media hoax? Or maybe you don't know?

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cal83dls79 said:

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DaddyLegend said:

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cal83dls79 said:

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Both were dispatched by their own party if memory serves

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One was dispatched due to sexual assault allegations, the other, deteriorating mental health allegations.

Nothing to do with racism.

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because they didn't go full racist like this guy and double down , you never want to go full racist. So it's a false comparison.

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Full racist versus half racist? Does Bo French also have a Nazi tattoo and think Obama was the first mainstream, articulate, bright, and clean black guy to walk the earth?

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I don't know if Bo has a nazi tattoo, but if he did I doubt he'd remove it. I must have missed the platner Memes portraying the Obamas as gorillas.

DiabloWags said:

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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I, for one, promise to never vote for Joe Biden again.

DaddyLegend said:

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DiabloWags said:

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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No one here in this entire thread supported what he did or even knew who he was.

Unlike the two Democrats mentioned, especially Biden, who received enthusiastic support despite the criticism!

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DING DING DING!

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Since 2015, even for MAGA who aren't racist, they have shown they are ok with aligning themselves with racists.

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We also see that here in this forum.

sycasey said:

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DiabloWags said:

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Notice how the "whataboutism" with Biden always winds up front and center and as a result, the actual RACISM BY BO FRENCH gets deflected and disregarded. Even when a guy like Bo doubles down.

This is the MAGA playbook.

Wash
Rinse
Repeat

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I, for one, promise to never vote for Joe Biden again.

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Likewise, I promise to never vote for Bo French or Donald Trump again.

The line between clueless and racist is not clear with either Biden or French

This seems to have kicked something off on the right. Even folks like Karl Rove and Erick, Son of Erick have decided that it's getting too racist in the GOP.

Much of the racism, antisemitism, and Nazi sympathies growing on the right are interconnected. Let me explain how. pic.twitter.com/bG4ZtcLKnG

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 16, 2026

From @KarlRove, a well-crafted excoriation of the GOP's ever-growing bigot/nut wing. https://t.co/QdUQpxyeoP pic.twitter.com/65FKF0m1vR

— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) September 16, 2026