John Cornyn
Role at the time: United States Senator for Texas, in comments to the Washington Examiner and on his own account on X
Condemned
Statement summary
Four days after first condemning the post, Senator John Cornyn told the Washington Examiner that he would not vote for Bo French, the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, describing him as an embarrassment to the party whose racist comments would damage the wider ticket. Asked whether he would vote for the Democratic nominee instead, Cornyn said "I may just leave it blank." He also posted that the Republican Party "is better than this" and should condemn the bigotry "or we will soon find ourselves a minority party."
“He's an embarrassment to the Republican Party, and he's going to drag the whole ticket down because of his racist comments.”