Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French (left) strikes a pose with the late right commentator Charlie Kirk in this photo from French's social media accounts.

Credit: Facebook / Bo French Less than a week after blaming the state's water crisis on "illegal aliens," outrage merchant and Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French has claimed "mass deportations" will lower gasoline prices.

With the general election less than 100 days away, French has ramped up his xenophobic rhetoric, tweeting out the suggestion Monday that undocumented migrants, not President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again war with Iran, are the reason why gas prices have once again climbed to $4 a gallon.