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Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:41 PM Jun 2020

Assclown Alert: Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Set the Tone for Texas GOP's Online Racism

There’s outrage to spare when it comes to the dozen Texas GOP county chairs who recently shared racist memes and conspiracy theories online, such as the widely debunked claim that Jewish billionaire George Soros is paying Black people to riot.

Maybe some of that anger should be directed higher on Texas’ Republican food chain. Namely, at Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who not only joined in the recent Soros dogpile but also has a history of online buffoonery long as the drive from El Paso to Beaumont.

A post from Miller posted at the end of May showed a photo of Soros and included text reading, “Climate change didn’t work. Impeachment didn’t work. The virus didn’t work. Start the race war.”

Not exactly the kind of discourse becoming of someone twice elected to statewide office. But when it comes to Miller, that’s just another day of Facebookin’.

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2020/06/19/assclown-alert-ag-commissioner-sid-miller-set-the-tone-for-texas-gops-online-racism

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