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

Summary by The Houston Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Alejandro Serrano, Texas Tribune, as published by Houston Public Media · September 18, 2026 · 1 min read

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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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Summary created by	The Houston Editorial Desk — automated, rule-governed
Byline on source page	Alejandro Serrano, Texas Tribune, as published by Houston Public Media
Original story	Read at the source
Source published	Sep 18, 2026
Indexed here	Sep 18, 2026
AI assistance	Automated summary drawn from the source’s own published text
Prepublication human review	No — editorial rules, flagged-item review, and published samples

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