Texas Republicans call out railroad commissioner candidate over racist social media post

Several prominent Texas Republicans on Sunday condemned a racist post by Bo French, a GOP candidate for statewide office to regulate Texas’ oil and gas industry.

French, who is running for state railroad commissioner, posted a photo of students of South Asian descent at the University of Texas celebrating the school’s football win over Ohio State on Saturday, saying, “The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.”

French was quickly met with backlash from his own party, as Sen. John Cornyn, who is leaving Congress after he lost in a primary to Trump-backed state Attorney General Ken Paxton, condemned the post and urged fellow Republicans to do the same.

“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,” Cornyn wrote on X.

French responded by calling Cornyn a “RINO” and saying Texas institutions were “overrun by illegal aliens and foreign nationals.”

“He and the other America Last losers are mad that Texas Republicans are starting to put America First,” French wrote.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, condemned French on X as…

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