Cornyn calls French’s post intolerant and racist
U.S. senator from Texas posting on his public X account.
“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.”
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Was Bo French’s UT Austin post racist?
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Source and context
Original post
About this source
Cornyn’s direct response quote-posting French’s first post.
Reporting
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State political reporting that documents the sequence of French’s posts and attributable responses from elected officials.
Reporting
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Original local reporting that verified the still came from an official Texas Athletics video and published Abbott’s direct response.
Before the quotation
French had posted the image of UT fans and called what it showed a problem.
After the quotation
French responded by accusing Cornyn and other Republicans of allowing Texas institutions to be overrun by noncitizens and foreign nationals.
How this statement is classified
Cornyn directly condemns the conduct under scrutiny as intolerance and racism.
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