The posts are similar in tone to racist posts by local GOP officials that drew calls for resignation from leaders of their party.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Kim Olson’s departure from the Air Force hasn’t been a political liability. Will that change in 2020?
Olson retired from the Air Force amid a contracting scandal. Some Democrats worry the circumstances will make her vulnerable as she runs for a battleground U.S. House seat.
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Demographics
Sid Miller faced online backlash a month ago for posting the phrase ‘get a rope’ on Facebook. This weekend, Gov. Abbott said it on Twitter.
Abbott responded to criticism about his language by pointing to a decade’s old Pace salsa ad. He told a critic to “lighten up.”
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: A changing political climate in Fort Bend County and a politically fatal blunder
When state Rep. Rick Miller said two of his opponents were running because they’re Asian, the real news was in the result, not in the gaffe. Top Texas Republicans reacted, publicly and quickly.
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Criminal Justice
TribCast: Sid Miller’s Facebook rhetoric, Rodney Reed finds bipartisan allies
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Emma and Jolie about Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s latest Facebook rhetoric, the escalating pressure on the governor in the Rodney Reed death penalty case and a court of criminal appeals race that has everything going for it but an actual election.
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State Government
Sid Miller heard a Confederate group was excluded from a Veteran’s Day parade. His Facebook response? “Get a rope.”
Miller, Texas’ Agriculture Commissioner, has a history of making inflammatory, offensive and false posts on social media.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch a Texas Tribune Festival conversation about the state of agriculture
This panel features state officials and a former U.S. agriculture secretary talking about the state of agriculture in 2020 and beyond.
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Politics
Texas Ethics Commission fines Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller $500 over 2015 rodeo trip
The fine comes nearly four years after Miller, a champion calf roper, used taxpayer money for a trip to the National Dixie Rodeo in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Analysis: Mike Collier lost, but outdid Beto O’Rourke in most Texas counties
Beto O’Rourke, the Texas Democrat who got most of the attention in this year’s general election, got more votes than any other Democrat on the statewide ticket. But one of them out-performed O’Rourke in 171 counties.
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Texas Elections 2018
Gov. Greg Abbott clinches second term as GOP wins closest statewide races in 20 years
Abbott easily bested his Democratic opponent, Lupe Valdez. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller faced rare single-digit contests before eventually besting Democratic challengers.
