Statewide GOP nominee Bo French sparks outrage after targeting UT football fans online
The University of Texas at Austin has an enrollment of 47,000 students. So, from the picture , a few dozen students with brown east asian skin tone got together at the game and cheered on their school. And some racist yahoo objects. He is also running for office in texas as a Republican.
But Hasan Piker is the only problem? LOL.
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
- Bo French, the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, is facing bipartisan backlash for social media posts targeting diverse UT students.
- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn condemned the posts as racist, while French's Democratic opponent, Rep. Jon Rosenthal, called for accountability.
- French defended his comments and refused calls to step down, maintaining his candidate status despite escalating criticism within his party.
The Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission is facing fierce backlash from within his own party after posting inflammatory remarks on social media about students celebrating a University of Texas football victory.
Online Backlash and Cornyn's Condemnation
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Bo French posted a photo on X showing a diverse group of students celebrating Texas' win over Ohio State, writing, "I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined."
More than an hour later, French reposted the same photo, adding, "Like body-cams exposed criminals, social media is exposing how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners. It’s everywhere and far worse than any of us could imagine."
The posts immediately drew sharp denunciations, most notably from U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who posted on social media: "This is the Republican nominee for statewide office. Are other Republican elected officials going to condemn the intolerance and racism, or look the other way while it becomes normalized. This is how great political parties self-destruct. Sad."
French fired back at Cornyn, stating, "Our state’s institutions have been overrun by illegal aliens and foreign nationals because of RINOs like John Cornyn who have cheered for them over our own citizens. He and the other America Last losers are mad that Texas Republicans are starting to put America First."
French's Democratic opponent in the race, State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, released a statement blasting the nominee's actions.
"I spent 25 years as an engineer in the oil and gas industry," Rosenthal said. "Bo French spent Sunday morning sorting our student section by skin color. Greg Abbott said Bo French would "wreck" our oil and gas industry. A man who can’t tell a Longhorn from a foreigner has no business regulating anything in TX."
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Rosenthal's statement referenced a previous controversy from last year, when French posted a poll asking followers which group posed a bigger threat to America: Jews or Muslims. While Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick called for French's resignation at that time, French apologized but refused to step down.
Information in this article is from the X accounts of Bo French, Senator John Cornyn and Jon Rosenthal.
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what are we doing?
Letting idiots self distruct.
The right wants people with dark skin to assimilate. When they do, we get a Bo French.
I'm not convinced that's true.
Your Honor... Exhibit A.
Compare to the to Democrats response when a candidate for statewide office said : "I want to murder Republicans and have their kids die in their arms "[✘]
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