Ag Commissioner Sid Miller likes ‘get a rope’ comment regarding Sen. Cory Booker

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AUSTIN — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller liked a comment on his Facebook page that called for getting “a rope” to handle his Democratic opponent, Kim Olson, and an African-American U.S. Senator in an apparent reference to lynching.

The comment came in response to a Facebook post Miller made about Olson appearing in a picture with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat. Miller’s post painted Olson as a liberal “out-of-touch with the majority of Texans.”

Miller’s campaign said the comment from a Facebook fan, which read, “Get a rope. Or just vote straight ticket Republican,” was a throwback to Pace Picante salsa commercials from three decades ago. Miller’s was one of 20 likes on the comment.

“Sid Miller doesn’t have a racist bone in his body,” said Todd Smith, Miller’s campaign spokesman, who said the comment reflected Miller’s feeling that liberal, “Yankee” values are out of touch in Texas.

But others disagreed, including the Texas Democratic Party.

“This time, Miller liked to notion of ‘getting a rope’ for [Olson] and an African-American United States Senator,” read an emailed statement from Democratic Party Press Secretary Delma Limones. “Sid Miller is completely unhinged. Texans deserve better than a Trump Republican Party who spreads hatred …”

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Miller’s post had attracted more than 500 comments by late Monday.

Miller’s Facebook account liked almost every comment on that thread, which is unusual for the conservative agriculture commissioner. He or his campaign posts several posts and pictures a day, often garnering hundreds of comments, but rarely blankets the entire comment list with likes or feedback.

Miller has a penchant for making controversial comments on social media. Once his Twitter account retweeted a post calling then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton a vulgar word, which the campaign blamed on an intern and deleted.