德州铁路委员会共和党提名人Bo French涉华言论受关注 曾发帖称要「把所有中国人赶出去」
Austin——德克萨斯州铁路委员会（Railroad Commission of Texas）共和党提名人 Bo French 过往涉及移民与华人的公开言论，随 11 月 3 日选举临近再度受到关注，相关内容近日也在德州华人社区中被转发讨论。
铁路委员会是德克萨斯州的油气行业监管机构，名称中虽有「铁路」二字，实际并不管理铁路。Bo French 现年 56 岁，曾任 Tarrant County 共和党主席，其家族在 Midland 经营石油生意。今年 5 月 26 日的共和党决选中，他以约 1 个百分点的优势击败现任委员 Jim Wright，获得提名，将于 11 月 3 日与民主党候选人、州众议员 Jon Rosenthal 对决。
据《Texas Tribune》报道，今年 3 月 27 日，Bo French 在 Grapevine 举行的保守派政治行动会议（CPAC）一场名为「Don't Sharia My Texas」的论坛上发言，称共和党人应当更公开地接受「伊斯兰恐惧症」（Islamophobia）。他同时表示，美国有大约 1 亿人「不应该在这里」，应当被驱逐。Spectrum News 引述他的原话说：「我们这个国家大约有 1 亿人不应该在这里。」
据多家机构估算，全美无证移民约为 1,400 万人。Bo French 所说的 1 亿人远超这一数字。《Texas Tribune》等媒体指出，要达到这一规模，驱逐对象必然包括合法移民，以及已经归化入籍的美国公民。
今年 7 月，在赢得共和党提名之后，Bo French 在社交平台 X 上发帖写道：「好了，大伙们，时候到了，该把所有的中国人都抓起来，统统赶出去！」（"Ok boys, it's time to go round up all the Chinese and send them packing!"）据 San Antonio Current 报道，他还曾发帖称要「取消国籍并驱逐」在巴基斯坦出生、已归化入籍的民主党州众议员 Salman Bhojani；他还称要深挖德克萨斯州众议院民主党领袖、华裔州众议员吴元之（Gene Wu）的家庭背景，称其与中国共产党的「关系很强，我敢打赌」，并呼吁驱逐吴元之。
今年 9 月 13 日，Bo French 又在 X 发帖，贴出一张得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（University of Texas at Austin）橄榄球比赛中南亚裔学生庆祝的照片，称美国人正被「外国人」取代，引发两党人士批评。联邦参议员 John Cornyn 称其言论带有种族主义色彩、是「共和党的耻辱」，并表示不会投票给他；共和党资深策略师 Karl Rove 表示将投票给民主党候选人 Jon Rosenthal；州长 Greg Abbott 表示：「那不是我的讯息。」
Bo French 随后回应 9 月的批评，称自己对照片中的人并无恶意，并称批评他的人是党内「不够保守的人」。据 San Antonio Current 报道，Bo French 未回应媒体就其言论提出的置评请求。
Bo French 竞选官网的背书名单显示，他获得州长 Greg Abbott、副州长 Dan Patrick、联邦众议员 Keith Self，以及多位德克萨斯州州议员和共和党提名人背书。其中 Greg Abbott 与 Dan Patrick 在共和党初选中曾支持他的对手 Jim Wright；Bo French 赢得提名后，Greg Abbott 转而为他背书。
德克萨斯州铁路委员会委员由全州选民选出，任期六年。该委员会负责核发钻井许可、监管管道与天然气设施等事务，是德克萨斯州油气行业的主要监管机构。
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Texas GOP Nominee Bo French's Anti-Chinese Post Draws Attention Ahead of Nov. 3 Election
AUSTIN — Past public remarks about immigrants and Chinese people by Bo French, the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, have drawn renewed attention as the Nov. 3 election approaches, and the remarks have circulated in recent days in Chinese community groups in Texas.
Despite its name, the Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the state's oil and gas industry, not railroads. French, 56, is a former chairman of the Tarrant County Republican Party whose family runs an oil business in Midland. On May 26, he defeated incumbent Commissioner Jim Wright by about one percentage point in the Republican runoff to win the nomination, and he faces Democratic state Rep. Jon Rosenthal on Nov. 3.
According to The Texas Tribune, French spoke on March 27 at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) panel in Grapevine titled "Don't Sharia My Texas," where he said Republicans should more openly embrace "Islamophobia." He also said that roughly 100 million people in the United States "shouldn't be here" and should be deported. Spectrum News quoted him as saying: "It is that we have roughly 100 million people in this country who shouldn't be here."
Estimates by multiple research organizations put the unauthorized immigrant population of the United States at about 14 million. The 100 million figure French cited is far larger, and The Texas Tribune and other outlets have noted that reaching it would necessarily include legal immigrants and naturalized U.S. citizens.
In July, after winning the Republican nomination, French posted on the social platform X: "Ok boys, it's time to go round up all the Chinese and send them packing!" According to the San Antonio Current, he had also posted that Democratic state Rep. Salman Bhojani, who was born in Pakistan and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, should be denaturalized and deported, and he said he would dig into the family of Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu, a Chinese American lawmaker, writing that "the (Chinese Communist Party) connection is strong I bet," while also calling for Wu's deportation.
On Sept. 13, French posted a photograph of South Asian students celebrating at a University of Texas at Austin football game, saying Americans were being "displaced by foreigners," drawing criticism from both parties. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn called the remarks racist and "an embarrassment to the Republican Party" and said he would not vote for French; Republican strategist Karl Rove said he would vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal; and Gov. Greg Abbott said, "That is not my message."
French responded to the September criticism by saying he had nothing against the people in the photograph and describing his critics as the "less conservative" people in the party. According to the San Antonio Current, French did not respond to requests for comment about his remarks.
French's campaign website lists endorsements from Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, U.S. Rep. Keith Self and a number of Texas state representatives and Republican nominees. Abbott and Patrick had backed his opponent Jim Wright in the Republican primary; after French won the nomination, Abbott endorsed him.
Railroad Commissioners are elected statewide to six-year terms. The commission issues drilling permits and oversees pipelines and natural gas facilities, making it the Texas oil and gas industry's chief regulator.
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图片来源：图：位于 Austin 的德克萨斯州议会大厦（资料照片）。图片来源：Farragutful／Wikimedia Commons（CC BY-SA 4.0）。The Texas State Capitol in Austin (file photo). Source: Farragutful / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
