Some highlights from an NYT article when he was running in the GOP primary for the Texas Railroad Commission, which, despite its name, regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas and is therefore really important:
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Mr. French, 56, frequently posts anti-Muslim rhetoric on social media, claiming the state of Texas is being taken over by Muslims. He has called for the deportation of nearly one-third of the country and attacked his critics as “liars” or “gay race communists.” Accused criminals, he has said, deserve one punishment: “A rope.”
Mr. French’s comments have occasionally gone too far for some of the state’s top Republican leaders. Last year, when Mr. French was the chairman of the Republican Party in Tarrant County, he shared a poll on social media asking who was the “bigger threat” to America: Muslims or Jews.
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The Texas GOP establishment tried to stop him in the primary - he's too racist even for Greg Abbott - but he's selling what the Texas GOP base wants to buy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/us/gop-race-for-texas-oil-regulator-tests-the-strength-of-the-hard-right.html