Bo French, Texas and UT Austin
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Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against bigot Bo French
Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees.
Students celebrated a big Texas win on Saturday. A candidate for Texas office used the picture in a racist social media post.
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Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French faces bipartisan backlash over racially charged X post
Both conservative and liberal voices expressed alarm over the post, which showed a photo of UT Austin students at a recent football game.
Republicans both condemned and stood up for French after he posted about the number of students attending UT of South Asian descent.
Republican officials in Texas have again condemned social media posts of former Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French who is running for Railroad Commissioner. The Texas Railroad
Bo French posted a photo of students celebrating the UT football win, and some members of his own party are condemning his comments about the photo as racist.
French posted a photo on social media Sunday describing students of color at a UT football game as "foreigners displacing Americans."
French’s commentary inflames what has become a fight in Texas about who higher education should serve as the state grows more diverse.
Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. John Cornyn are among those criticizing the Republican nominee for Railroad commissioner and former Tarrant GOP chair.
"Only one person in this race has a history of dividing Texans by race."