Texas Republicans condemn railroad commissioner candidate over post about Asian UT students, calling it racist

Texas Republicans on Sunday publicly condemned Bo French, a GOP candidate for the state's railroad commissioner, following a social media post targeting University of Texas (UT) students of South Asian descent.

French, who is running for the statewide position that regulates the Texas oil and gas industry, shared a photo of South Asian students attending a Texas football game. In his accompanying post, he decried what he described as "foreigners" displacing Americans and labeled the students as a "problem."

Prominent figures within the Texas Republican party swiftly denounced the statements, with officials explicitly characterizing the candidate's remarks as racist.