Texas Senator John Cornyn is publicly calling out fellow Republican Bo French after the statewide GOP nominee posted a photo of students of color celebrating at the University of Texas, suggesting their presence represented a problem. Cornyn characterized French’s remarks as “intolerance and racism” and challenged other Republican elected officials to decide whether they would condemn them or “look the other way.”
The exchange has quickly turned into a fight within the Republican Party, with several prominent Texas Republicans joining Cornyn in criticizing French while the latter refuses to back down. Commenters also shared their divided opinions, with users leaving their opinions in the comments section.
In the post that Senator John Cornyn posted above, he writes, “This is the Republican nominee for statewide office. Are other Republican officials going to condemn the intolerance and racism, or look the other way while it becomes normalized. This is how great political parties self-destruct. Sad”.
Bo French, the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, had shared a photo showing a group of mostly nonwhite students celebrating at a University of Texas football game. The post read, “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.”
After Senator Cornyn’s quoted post went viral on X, French doubled down on his opinion, writing in another post, “Our state’s institutions have been overrun by illegal aliens and foreign nationals because of RINOs like John Cornyn who have cheered for them over our own citizens. He and the other America Last losers are mad that Texas Republicans are starting to put America First.“
The controversy is also not French’s first clash with members of his own party over his rhetoric, as fellow Republicans previously condemned him for using slurs against political opponents on social media.
Comments and Reactions to John Cornyn Calling Out Bo French
Commenters in the replies were starkly divided, with a majority disagreeing with Senator Cornyn’s belief. One of the top comments like this reads, “I’m so glad you were primaried. We don’t need cowards like you.” Similarly, another user wrote, “You are a flaming cuck. You sold your state and country out and now guys like Bo have to clean up your mess.“
One comment in particular posted a statistic created by the @shadesofbluean1 X page that goes over Texas’ population by race and ethnicity since 1970, pairing it with, “Intolerance? The state of Texas was 90% White when you graduated from Trinity University in 1973
You have observed genocidal level ethnic replacement.”
French, meanwhile, has shown no indication that he intends to withdraw his comments and instead criticized the Republicans speaking out against him. The response leaves the dispute firmly inside the Texas GOP, with Cornyn’s warning raising the broader question of whether other Republican officials will accept this behavior.
