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At CPAC, Texas Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French calls for deportation of 100 million people
French, a former Tarrant County GOP chair, also said Republicans should more openly embrace Islamophobia.
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5mKarl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French
Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees.
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4mTrump nominates U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Hunt, an ally of the president, finished a distant third in the Senate Republican primary in Texas earlier this year.
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8mGov. Greg Abbott orders Texas water agency to penalize data centers that don’t report their water usage
Last year, less than 30% of data centers responded to a state-mandated water usage survey conducted by the Texas Water Development Board.
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11mWhat to know about possible border barriers in Big Bend
The Trump administration has said the remote West Texas region needs measures to stop illegal immigration. But a bipartisan group of elected officials is pushing to halt that plan, especially in the national park.
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6mBo French doubles down on racist post made after UT win against Ohio State
On a conservative radio show, Bo French suggested the politicians who criticized him were "less-conservative people."