Bo French, the Republican nominee for Texas railroad commissioner, faced condemnation from prominent Texas Republicans and University of Texas officials after posting racist content about South Asian students on 13–14 September 2026. Senior GOP consultant Karl Rove said he would vote for French's Democratic opponent, while UT affirmed pride in its diverse student body.
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Bo French, the GOP candidate for the state’s railroad commission, has repeatedly engaged in inflammatory rhetoric.
Several prominent Texas Republicans on Sunday condemned a racist post by Bo French, a GOP candidate for statewide office to regulate Texas’ oil and gas industry.
Texas Republicans on Sunday condemned the GOP candidate running to become the state's railroad commissioner over a post about University of Texas (UT) students of South Asian descent. Candidate Bo French's post showed South Asian students at a Texas football game, and he suggested people of South Asian descent were taking over the student body....
Bo French, a GOP candidate for Texas Railroad commissioner, posted a photo of students celebrating a football win and said it showed “how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners.”
Bo French, a Texas Republican running for the state’s railroad commission, reemphasized his viral social media post about Asian American students at the University of Texas.
University of Texas at Austin (UT) students fired back Monday against a "blatantly racist” post from the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner Bo French. French posted an image over the weekend of UT students who were mostly South Asian with the caption: “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe...
The university said it is “proud to celebrate” all its students after posts by Bo French, GOP nominee for Texas railroad commissioner, that were condemned by members of both parties.
Karl Rove, a respected GOP consultant, further said he would vote for ‘bigot’ Bo French’s Democratic opponent after post A senior Republican has called a party colleague running for office in Texas “a bigot” over a racist social media post attacking college football fans – and said he is so outraged by the comments that he will vote for the candidate’s Democratic rival. Karl Rove, who was former p