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Jake Lloyd Colglazier

Jake Lloyd Colglazier is a Texas political activist and president of the Fort Worth Young Republicans.

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Case

Was Bo French’s UT Austin post racist?

Bo French used an image of apparent South Asian UT fans to argue that foreigners were displacing Americans. Critics called the posts racist or xenophobic; French and supporters said they raised a legitimate immigration and admissions dispute.

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Statements by Jake Lloyd Colglazier

Jake Lloyd Colglazier

Role at the time: President of the Fort Worth Young Republicans posting on X.

Defended or excused

Responding to

The appearance of the fans in the image showed that Americans had been displaced by foreigners.

“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.”
Why we used this label

Colglazier directly defends the conduct under scrutiny and supplies an immigration-based justification for it.

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