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Almost a month after calling for Bo French鈥檚 resignation or removal as chair of the Tarrant County GOP, Republican officials are silent on the future of the party and its leadership.

Local, state and federal GOP leaders called French out after he posted a poll on X asking whether Jewish or Muslim people posed 鈥渁 bigger threat to America鈥� in late June. They urged him to step down as chair.

However, any signs of new party leadership for the county appear to have dimmed as French broke his own silence this week to say on social media that he鈥檚 not backing down but 鈥渄oubling down.鈥�

鈥淚 have intentionally been silent since those misguided attacks because I wasn鈥檛 going to give oxygen to someone else鈥檚 dishonesty,鈥� French . 鈥淏ut I will not stand by anymore and allow my political enemies to paint me as something that I am so clearly not.鈥�

The chairman, who did not return a request for comment, wrote on X that the attempt to 鈥渃ancel鈥� him came after a news outlet mischaracterized his social media posts.

Last month, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was among the first to call for leadership changes, writing on social media that French鈥檚 views 鈥渄o not reflect my values nor the values of the Republican Party.鈥�

Several other Republican officials formed a chorus, saying French鈥檚 鈥渂igotry鈥� against Jewish people is not welcome in the political party. They included U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Giovanni Capriglione of Southlake, Congressman Craig Goldman of Fort Worth, state Sen. Phil King of Weatherford, state Sen. Tan Parker of Flower Mound, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker and Tarrant County Commissioner Manny Ramirez.

On the same night he was called out, French wrote that he deleted the poll and regretted posting it. He also made it clear that he will not resign as chair.

Since then, Republican precinct chairs did not take action to reprimand, censure or remove French during their . Precinct chairs can initiate a forcible ousting of their party chair with a majority vote.

Without support from Tarrant GOP precinct chairs, those who called for French鈥檚 resignation have limited options to force him out of the party. It鈥檚 unclear if they plan to pursue them.

The Republican Party of Texas executive committee can remove county chairs by a majority vote. The state party鈥檚 leadership did not return a request for comment on whether it would pursue ousting French.

The Fort Worth Report contacted Patrick, Cornyn, Capriglione, Goldman, King, Sen. Parker, Mayor Parker and Ramirez for comment on whether they intend to continue pursuing French鈥檚 removal and how his continued leadership will impact the local party.

A spokesperson for Cornyn said the senator has no further comment beyond his June 27 post, in which he wrote, 鈥淚 am with @DanPatrick.鈥� The other seven officials did not respond.

In French鈥檚 statement this week, he stood by his belief that Tarrant County faces a 鈥渢hreat of radical Islam,鈥� while discrediting the accusations that his commentary was antisemitic.

鈥淥f course, speaking boldly and with clarity on these issues will continue to (elicit) criticism from the establishment,鈥� French wrote. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e calling America First conservatives deplorables, racists, homophobes and now antisemites. Haven鈥檛 they learned that these completely baseless attacks don鈥檛 work?鈥�

Cecilia Lenzen is a government accountability reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at cecilia.lenzen@fortworthreport.org. 

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