HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) — A conservative group of Texas lawmakers is denouncing a Republican candidate for statewide office over his xenophobic social media post about brown college football fans.
Bo French, the GOP’s nominee in the race for a spot on Texas’s oil and gas regulatory agency, shared in a Sunday X post an image of brown fans cheering the Texas Longhorns’ late-game touchdown against the favored Ohio State Buckeyes. French called the scene a “problem” that’s “far worse than anyone imagined,” suggesting in another post minutes earlier that the University of Texas was prioritizing applicants of color over white candidates.
The school’s student body is overwhelmingly Texan, and international students made up less than five percent of the undergraduate class last year, according to the university.
Many Texan politicians denounced French’s posts within hours, including Republican lawmakers who have for years defended racist rhetoric from the top levels of government.
“This is the Republican nominee for statewide office,” GOP Senator John Cornyn wrote in his own Sunday post. “Are other Republican elected officials going to condemn the intolerance and racism, or look the other way while it becomes normalized.”
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, a Republican, said French “crossed the line” and called on him to delete his comments.
French has defended his racially charged remarks, though, and is even promoting them for some campaign cash.
“The radical left and their allies are attacking me,” he said in a Monday post asking for donations. “Join the thousands of patriots who are supporting our campaign.”
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