Jason Rogers Keeps Stirring the Pot, Always Looking for Next Outrage

Entry Overview: Jason Rogers has a history of sharing racist social media posts. Like Bo French in Texas, Rogers often shares derogatory statements about immigrants, and statements with homophobic or transphobic rhetoric.

Key Facts: 

• In July, Rogers reposted a post from X that disparaged immigrants with the message that, “All cultures are not equal”

• Rogers posted about marriage equality calling it an attack on religious liberty

Why it Matters: The recent controversy surrounding Texas Republican Bo French has drawn national attention to candidates' social media histories. Several Republicans, including Karl Rove and Sen. John Cornyn, publicly criticized French after his racially charged posts about University of Texas students. Rogers has shared posts on social media touching on some of the same themes.

Full Entry: Jason Rogers has used his social media to attack marriage equality, disparaging other cultures besides his own and shared a post that called abortion murder.

These types of social media posts give conservatism a bad name as it distracts from other issues and gives opponents (and fellow Republicans) an avenue to attack the character of people like Jason Rogers. Rogers seems to be more interested in spewing racist rhetoric, litigating settled law like marriage equality and abortion. 

The example of Bo French, who has lost the support of Republican stalwart Karl Rove, shows the dangers of focusing on cultural grievance, settled constitutional law and racist, hateful tropes. Rogers would be wise to learn the lesson of Bo French.