Texas lawmaker ends campaign over ‘Asian’ candidate remarks A white Texas Republican lawmaker who suggested his Asian political rivals on the ballot were motivated by race has lost the backing of the state’s GOP governorIn a Monday, June 17, 2019, photo, state Rep. Rick Miller, R-Sugar Land, stands at a news conference celebrating progress on the Sugar Land 95 Memorial Project in Sugar Land, Texas. (Juan Figueroa/Houston Chronicle via AP)In a Monday, June 17, 2019, photo, state Rep. Rick Miller, R-Sugar Land, stands at a news conference celebrating progress on the Sugar Land 95 Memorial Project in Sugar Land, Texas. State Rep. Rick Miller since 2013 has represented a suburban Houston district in Fort Bend County, one of the most diverse counites in the U.S. Chan and Jetton told the newspaper that the remarks show why the suburban Houston district needs a change. Miller is from Sugar Land, the home of former Republican U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Source: ABC News December 03, 2019 20:48 UTC