John Cornyn
Role at the time: U.S. senator from Texas posting on his public X account.
Condemned
Responding to
French’s posts demeaned the pictured people because of their race or ethnicity.
“This is the Republican nominee for statewide office. Are other Republican elected officials going to condemn the intolerance and racism, or look the other way while it becomes normalized. This is how great political parties self-destruct. Sad.”
Why we used this label
Cornyn directly condemns the conduct under scrutiny as intolerance and racism.
John Cornyn calls Bo French’s post intolerant and racist (opens in a new tab)X post 2099140515883073626.
Cornyn’s direct response quote-posting French’s first post.