Escalation: Bo French doubles down on remarks

Under fire for his UT football photo posts, Bo French doubled down. He said DEI meant discriminating against deserving people so university administrators could select their preferred groups, adding, “that is what is racism.” He also wrote that UT is filled with “foreign nationals and leftists,” argued voters want institutions to “serve the interests of citizens,” and criticized John Cornyn for, in his words, accepting decline.

He reposted the same stadium image within hours and did not take it down as senior Republicans including John Cornyn, Dustin Burrows and Jared Patterson called it racist, while GOP figures like former party chair Matt Rinaldi and state Rep. Andy Hopper defended him or attacked Cornyn. UT’s latest enrollment shows about 80.5% Texas residents, 10.2% from other U.S. states, and 9.3% international students.

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