UT Austin president Jim Davis says all of the university's students are Longhorns
President of the University of Texas at Austin posting on his own account
“Proud to stand with Chairman Eltife. Our students are exceptional. All of them are Longhorns.”
Source and context
Original post
About this source
Posted 7:46 PM ET on September 14, 2026, forty-four minutes after the UT System statement it endorses.
Before the quotation
The UT System had posted its chairman's statement forty-four minutes earlier. Davis had not previously commented publicly.
After the quotation
Two of the students in the photograph later told the Dallas Morning News that they are United States citizens.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Was Bo French’s UT Austin post racist?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
Davis rejects the distinction French's post drew between the pictured fans and other Texans, without naming French or calling the post racist. That is a challenge to the characterization rather than a condemnation.
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