Jared Patterson
Role at the time: Member of the Texas House of Representatives posting on his public X account.
Condemned
Responding to
French’s posts demeaned the pictured people because of their race or ethnicity.
“This is racist. It is wrong. And I condemn it without reservation. There is absolutely nothing Christian or conservative about looking at a crowd of young Texans at a college football game, seeing the color of their skin, and declaring that they are a “problem.””
Why we used this label
Patterson explicitly says the conduct was wrong and condemns it without reservation.
Jared Patterson condemns Bo French’s post (opens in a new tab)X post 2099168372445368554.
Patterson’s direct response argues that immigration-policy disagreement does not justify demeaning people by race or ethnicity.