Colglazier calls French’s post perfectly reasonable
President of the Fort Worth Young Republicans posting on X.
“The backlash against this perfectly reasonable post demonstrates the deleterious effect of mass immigration on our democratic system. Many of the TX politicians attacking Bo are doing so because they have significant foreign populations in their districts. The system is broken.”
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Was Bo French’s UT Austin post racist?
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Original post
Jake Lloyd Colglazier defends Bo French’s post (opens in a new tab)X post 2099226713771094189.
About this source
Colglazier’s direct defense quote-posting French’s first post.
Reporting
CBS Texas reports on Bo French’s posts and responses from Greg Abbott and R.C. Damle (opens in a new tab)Statements attributed to Greg Abbott and R.C. Damle and verification of the image’s source.
About this source
Original local reporting that verified the still came from an official Texas Athletics video and published Abbott’s direct response.
Before the quotation
Officials from both parties had criticized French’s post.
After the quotation
Colglazier attributed some officials’ criticism to the foreign populations in their districts.
How this statement is classified
Colglazier directly defends the conduct under scrutiny and supplies an immigration-based justification for it.
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