Texas GOP Slams Railroad Commissioner Candidate for Racist Post

The Texas GOP is right to swat this down fast. If you’re running for Railroad Commission, you’re asking Texans to trust you with a serious job that touches energy, land, and livelihoods. That’s not a place for edgy internet poison or cheap racial shots, and everyone in politics knows exactly what a “racist post” is meant to do. This isn’t complicated: don’t bring that garbage into a statewide race.

What’s also telling is how quickly some people try to turn every incident like this into a sermon about the entire party. The coverage is already leaning that way, and it’s lazy. Republicans in Texas didn’t “wink” at it here, they condemned it. That’s the point of having a party organization in the first place: to draw lines and protect the ticket from self-inflicted damage. When your own side says knock it off, you listen.

And let’s be honest about the political math. Democrats would love nothing more than for Republicans to spend months defending a candidate’s worst post instead of talking about border security, inflation, and the grid. That’s how you get distracted into losing ground you don’t have to lose. We’re an America First party, not a “post-first” party. If a candidate can’t handle basic judgment online, they’re not ready for the job offline.

Texas conservatives should demand better and move on quickly. Vet candidates early. Drop the ones who can’t act like adults. Then get back to the issues that actually matter to Texans, because that’s where Republicans win, and where the left keeps failing.