Also by the way, Rick Miller has dropped his bid for reelection:
As far as why that comment was so disasterous, from that article:
Miller’s district includes most of Fort Bend County, one of America’s most ethnically diverse counties: 20% of its residents are Asian, 20% are black, 24% are Hispanic and 34% are white. Hillary Clinton won the county decisively in 2016. According to the latest Census estimates, the citizen voting-age population for Asian residents in Miller’s district grew from 22% in 2010 to 24% in 2015.
Republican Values: “Misogyny”, “Racism”, “Infidelity”, “Greed”, “Anger”, “Dishonesty”, “Xenophobia”, “Homophobia”, “Criminality”, “Violence”, “Anti-science”, “Anti-education”, “Patriarchy”. Anyone who is out of step with republican “values” is okay by me.
Texas, much like the rest of the country, is plenty racist. Overt racism doesn’t play especially well here, and it’s not exactly (publicly) acceptable even among the Republican elected class. Best keep that shit on the down low in a majority minority state.
“Representative Miller’s comments are inappropriate and out of touch with the values of the Republican Party,” Abbott spokesperson John Wittman told TPM.
