for the love of liberty

Bo French wants to regulate Texas oil and gas. His real hobby is sorting Texans by skin color. In September, the Republican nominee for Railroad Commissioner posted a photo of South Asian students cheering a Longhorns win and sneered that UT graduation “looked like this.” After 27 million views and condemnation from his own party, he refused to delete it and turned the backlash into a fundraising pitch. This isn’t a one-off. As Tarrant County GOP chair, he demanded the feds “denaturalize and deport” State Rep. Salman Bhojani, a Pakistan-born American, over his politics. He asked his followers whether Jews or Muslims were the bigger threat to America, then deleted it when his own party called for his resignation. At CPAC this spring, he told Republicans to embrace Islamophobia more openly and called for deporting 100 million people. Racism is collectivism in its ugliest form. It judges you by the group you were born into, not by what you do. Libertarians reject it completely, because liberty only works if it belongs to every individual equally. Citizenship isn’t something a politician gets to revoke because he dislikes your birthplace or your vote. You don’t have to hold your nose this year. Arthur DiBianca is the Libertarian candidate for Railroad Commissioner. Judge him on his ideas. That’s more than Bo French would ever offer you.