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From Macaca to MAGA: How one needling remark can become a political thorn for Trump

A 2006 incident involving Senator George Allen and a racial slur highlights how small remarks can alter election outcomes. Recent social media posts by Republican Bo French have also drawn significant criticism and condemnation. These events suggest a growing unease among some Republicans regarding Trump's influence. Moderate Republicans and even…

The Times of India

Despite Nativist Outcry, Texas Shows the Melting Pot Works Incredibly Well

The Lone Star State is a success because all sorts of people are moving there for a shot at the American dream.

Reason

Top Texas Republicans knew Bo French’s history of racist comments. They supported him anyway.

The Railroad Commission candidate is under fire from fellow Republicans for a post that said a picture of college students celebrating a football victory shows “how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners.”

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One group has stayed mostly mum on Bo French’s racist post — Texas’ oil and gas industry

One of the state’s largest oil and gas industry groups condemned French’s comments about South Asian students. They have not pulled their endorsement.

The Texas Tribune

John Cornyn says he won’t vote for Bo French as backlash to racist post rises

The outgoing U.S. senator called the Texas Railroad Commission candidate “an embarrassment to the Republican Party.”

The Texas Tribune

Students Branded 'Foreigners' by Texas GOP Candidate Are U.S. Citizens; Cruz Calls Original Post 'Idiotic'

Bo French called the University of Texas crowd a "problem" that was "far worse than anyone imagined" after sharing the students' photo

Latin Times

Why the Right Should Celebrate the UT-Austin Football Photo

For decades, conservative and libertarian legal activists worked to ban race preferences in admissions. They won.

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At the Races: AI voted?

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari Fears about unregulated artificial intelligence are not showing signs of overtaking…

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I sweated over getting 'A's: Indian-origin founder recounts struggle for 'brown kids' in US, says he cried when he got his first 89

Amid the row over the ethnicity of the students of the University of Texas, Austin, Indian-origin tech founder and an alumnus of the university, Vedant Nair, shared his experience of growing up in Texas and his struggle as a 'brown kid' to stay a step ahead because of the steep…

The Times of India

We are US citizens: Meet Dhairya Gupta and Rahul Kodali who went to watch a football match. Now their faces are target of racist rants

Dhairya Gupta and Rahul Kodali were cheering when the Longhorns secured a victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes in a thrilling match on Saturday. A day later, they found themselves in the middle of a raging controversy over how universities in Texas are teeming with non-White students. Texas Republican Bo…

The Times of India

What's behind fresh anti-India hatred in MAGA sphere? Republican leader Bo French seeks donation after viral post

Bo French triggered a major anti-India hate campaign on social media this weekend that gained him much prominence, as those who did not know who Bo French was are now aware that he is a Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner in the November 3, 2026 Texas general election. He…

The Times of India

Texas Railroad Commission 2026: What it does and who’s running in the race

The commission doesn't have anything to do with railroads. It regulates Texas’ oil and gas industry. Here’s where 2026 candidates Bo French, Jon Rosenthal and Arthur DiBianca stand.

The Texas Tribune

Republicans criticize racist social media post by Texas member running for office

Karl Rove, a respected GOP consultant, further said he would vote for ‘bigot’ Bo French’s Democratic opponent after post

The Guardian - US

Rep. Drew Darby tears into oil and gas commissioner for defying order to appear at Capitol

Wayne Christian said his agency’s meeting kept him from addressing lawmakers about eliminating some public comments at the Texas Railroad Commission.

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UT students attacked by Bo French call his comments “disgusting” and too familiar

In a statement Monday night, university officials indirectly addressed Bo French’s comments, calling students at the game Saturday night “incredible fans.”

The Texas Tribune

Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French

Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees.

Texas Observer

Not All Texas Republicans Are Condemning Bo French

While many top Texas GOP leaders rushed to denounce the Railroad Commissioner nominee's latest racist screed, another assortment of Lone Star conservatives has stood behind him.

The Texas Tribune

Bo French doubles down on racist post made after UT win against Ohio State

On a conservative radio show, Bo French suggested the politicians who criticized him were "less-conservative people."

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The Times of India

Texas politics inflamed by MAGA cowboys v Indians row

The TOI correspondent from Washington : The photograph that Bo French chose to make a political argument about Indians and foreigners overrunning the University of Texas, Austin, may have been worth thousands of social media posts, but it failed the statistical smell test.

The Times of India

Megan Basham vs Pooja Sethi on viral photo of Texas university students: People are angry because this was not organic

It all started with a photo of college sports fans at the University of Texas at Austin, but after it was mislabeled as the UT graduation photo by Bo French, a Republican, all hell broke loose as people did not like the presence of South Asians. It was later debunked…

International Business Times UK

Bo French Called UT Crowd' Foreigners'—but 80.5% of the University's Students Are Texans

Bo French, the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, faces bipartisan criticism after claiming the University of Texas prioritises foreigners despite data showing most students are Texas residents.

The Times of India

‘Intolerance and racism’: US senator slams Texas Republican nominee over post targeting Asian students

US Senator John Cornyn has publicly rebuked his fellow Republican Bo French over a social media post targeting students of color celebrating at a University of Texas football game, accusing the GOP nominee for Texas railroad commissioner of promoting “intolerance and racism”.

The Texas Tribune

Several Texas Republicans condemn Bo French’s racist posts calling Asian students at UT a “problem”

French, the Republican nominee for a statewide position regulating Texas’ oil and gas industry, posted a photo of University of Texas students, while decrying “foreigners” displacing Americans.

Texas Observer

Who Stands Between Texas and a Fascist Railroad Commission?

This man here—and a plurality of voters if he can find them

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmaker wants oil regulators to explain why they ended public comment at meetings

The Texas Railroad Commission changed the rules over public comment earlier this month, raising eyebrows from transparency activists and the lawmaker who helped rewrite the state’s open meeting laws.

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