Several prominent Texas Republicans publicly condemn a racist post attributed to Bo French, a Republican candidate for statewide office on the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates parts of the state’s oil and gas industry. The criticism centers on inflammatory language in the post and French’s broader use of similar rhetoric.
NBC News and Politico both report that the backlash comes from within the Texas GOP, with officials calling the comments unacceptable. NBC News characterizes the post as racist and notes the reaction from “prominent” Republicans. Politico similarly describes the denunciations as part of a wider condemnation of xenophobic or inflammatory content connected to French, and reports that the concerns involve repeated rhetoric rather than a single incident.
The outlets agree that French is the candidate involved and that leading Republicans are responding with public condemnation. They differ mainly in how they frame the language—NBC focuses on “racist,” while Politico emphasizes “xenophobic”—and in the emphasis placed on whether the issue is a one-off post or part of a pattern of inflammatory statements.
