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Sid Miller, a former Texas House member, won election as state agriculture commissioner in November 2014.

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Sid Miller
stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Garth Brooks played to a “half-empty arena” in Illinois.

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 30, 2023
Sid Miller
stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.

By Madlin Mekelburg • December 3, 2019
Sid Miller
stated on November 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."

By Madlin Mekelburg • November 15, 2019
Sid Miller
stated on August 23, 2017 in an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":

Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2017
Sid Miller
stated on November 27, 2016 in a Facebook post of photo and caption on Miller's fan page:

Says actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wore a T-shirt stating: "We Stand for the flag, we kneel for the fallen."

By Fauzeya Rahman • December 7, 2016

Trey Blocker
stated on January 24, 2018 in a commentary in the Odessa American:

Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2018

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