On Saturday in Austin, No. 4 Texas stunned the then-top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 24-23 after trailing by three possessions to begin the fourth quarter.
By Sunday morning, the outcome of the game was almost an afterthought online.
A photo of Texas students celebrating the Longhorns’ improbable comeback win spread across X after the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner flagged the number of apparent foreign nationals in the student section and complained.
Bo French wrote, “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.”
French was called “racist” by fellow Texas Republicans, including Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, while several other leading Republicans and Democrats attacked him: