HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) \u2014 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.<\/p>\n
Bo French, the GOP’s nominee in the race for a spot on Texas’s oil and gas regulatory agency, shared <\/a>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 <\/a>in another post minutes earlier that the University of Texas<\/a> was prioritizing applicants of color over white candidates.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n “This is the Republican nominee for statewide office,” GOP Senator John Cornyn wrote <\/a>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.”<\/p>\n Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, a Republican, said <\/a>French “crossed the line” and called on him to delete his comments.<\/p>\n French has defended his racially charged remarks, though, and is even promoting them for some campaign cash.<\/p>\n “The radical left and their allies are attacking me,” he said in a Monday post <\/a>asking for donations. “Join the thousands of patriots who are supporting our campaign.”<\/p>\n