Jon Rosenthal
Role at the time: Texas state representative and Democratic nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner posting on X.
Condemned
Responding to
French’s posts demeaned the pictured people because of their race or ethnicity.
“I spent 25 years as an oil and gas engineer. Bo French spent Sunday morning sorting our student section by skin color. Greg Abbott said Bo French would “wreck” our oil and gas industry. A man who can’t tell a Longhorn from a foreigner has no business regulating anything in TX.”
Why we used this label
Rosenthal directly condemns the conduct under scrutiny as race-based and argues it makes French unfit for the office he seeks.
Jon Rosenthal criticizes Bo French’s interpretation of the student-section image (opens in a new tab)X post 2099230383740956959.
Rosenthal’s direct response criticizes French for inferring foreign status from the fans’ appearance.