Texas GOP Candidate Called for Public Executions
CNN found Bo French repeatedly posted calls for public executions and used #HangEmHigh as he faced Democrat Jon Rosenthal in November.
- Bo French, the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, is facing intense scrutiny after a CNN KFile investigation uncovered social media posts where he repeatedly advocated for public executions of political opponents, including former President Barack Obama.
- The removed posts, spanning six years, included calls for death penalties for "Obama conspirators" and suggested that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency should stand for "Dangle Officials Gallows Expeditiously."
- Following a racist post about South Asian students at a University of Texas football game, criticism from party leaders has mounted, with Republican strategist Karl Rove and Sen. John Cornyn denouncing French as "an embarrassment to the Republican Party."
- Despite the uproar, Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have maintained their endorsements of French, who is running for a six-year term on the commission regulating the state's oil and gas industry.
- Previously, the candidate has espoused other controversial views, including calls for deporting 100 million people and suggestions that Republicans should embrace Islamophobia, though French has dismissed his critics as "less conservative.
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Bo Frensh is a Republican candidate for the office of Railway Commission. In the past, he was noticed with extreme right-wing sayings.
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Texas Republican Faces Scrutiny Over Past Calls for Public Executions of Democratic Leaders
Austin, TX — Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French is facing renewed scrutiny after an investigation uncovered years of social media posts in which he called for the execution of political opponents and government officials. CNN’s KFile reported that accounts linked to French repeatedly advocated executions, including in 2020 posts targeting former President Barack Obama and other Obama administration officials over claims sur…
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