Texas GOP Rebukes Candidate's Racist Comments

德克萨斯州共和党谴责候选人的种族主义言论

What A Day

2026-09-16

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One of the biggest elections everyone is watching this year is the Texas Senate race. But the race that's getting a lot of attention right now for allegations of bigotry is the Railroad Commissioner race. The Republican who wants the job spent his weekend complaining about non-white students at a University of Texas at Austin football game. To learn more, Jane spoke to Robert Downen. He’s a Senior Writer for Texas Monthly based in Austin. Show Notes: Check out Robert's work – texasmonthly.com/contributors/robert-downen/ Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – tinyurl.com/… What A Day – YouTube – youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – instagram.com/crookedmedia For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com
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