{"id":2660886,"date":"2026-09-14T12:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-angered-by-texas-longhorns-student-section-photos-have-every-right-to-be-upset\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:27:23","slug":"americans-angered-by-texas-longhorns-student-section-photos-have-every-right-to-be-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-angered-by-texas-longhorns-student-section-photos-have-every-right-to-be-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Angered by Texas Longhorns Student Section Photos Have Every Right to Be Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famericans-angered-by-texas-longhorns-student-section-photos-have-every-right-to-be-upset%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2660886&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses the reaction to a college football game where Texas defeated Ohio State in Austin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-the-german-police-video-without-pants\/\" title=\"Watch the German police video featuring officers without pants\">capturing widespread attention<\/a> and online discussion. A viral photo showing a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >diverse student crowd sparked controversy<\/a> when a Texas Republican candidate, Bo French, criticized the scene, implying that it indicated excessive foreign influence and questioning American cultural identity at the university. This sparked backlash from other Republicans, including Senator John Cornyn and Congressman Dan Crenshaw, who accused French of racism. The debate highlights tensions over immigration, cultural integration, and American identity, with critics arguing that fears of demographic changes are often dismissed as racist. The article emphasizes that many Americans feel overwhelmed by immigration and economic strain, and that calls for preserving cultural homogeneity are frequently enough mischaracterized. it portrays a broader conflict over national identity, immigration policies, and political narratives surrounding these issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>By Sunday morning, the outcome of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401856682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the game<\/a> was almost an afterthought online.<\/p>\n<p>A photo of Texas students celebrating the Longhorns\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>Bo French wrote, \u201cI heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn\u2019t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn\u2019t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ys1bql0y4U\">pic.twitter.com\/Ys1bql0y4U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bo French (@bofrench) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bofrench\/status\/2099118916282810552?\">September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>French was called \u201cracist\u201d by fellow Texas Republicans, including Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, while several other leading Republicans and Democrats attacked him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the Republican nominee for statewide office. Are other Republican elected 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TO1dTXKd6G\">https:\/\/t.co\/TO1dTXKd6G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/2099140515883073626?\">September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aren\u2019t you the guy who used Navy SEAL Chris Kyle\u2019s death to make yourself a bunch of money? Didn\u2019t his widow have to sue you to get you to stop?<\/p>\n<p>Or was that a bunch of foreigners from UT who screwed over the widow of American Sniper? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5f9X3y7ZAz\">https:\/\/t.co\/5f9X3y7ZAz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/2099252009366847920?\">September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Please delete this. This post breaks my heart. I see college kids cheering on their football team. I see Texans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GHtj13LCoR\">https:\/\/t.co\/GHtj13LCoR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lacey Hull (@LaceyHullTx) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LaceyHullTx\/status\/2099166743386059060?\">September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both Cornyn and Crenshaw  something other than the fact that they are Lone Star State Republicans who spent their careers being labeled as RINOs.<\/p>\n<p>They were each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dan-crenshaw-loses-primary-becoming-lone-texas-republican-without-trumps-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thrown out of office<\/a> in their primaries this year by Texas voters who have had enough of their brand of self-righteous surrender to the left on immigration and other issues.<\/p>\n<p>Does a student section packed with people who look like they just arrived from Mumbai mean the state and country have been completely taken over by people not born in the United States?<\/p>\n<p>No, it does not, and the image ignores the fact that Darrell K Royal\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium was filled with people of all backgrounds on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>But French\u2019s photo, and the viral video it was taken from, are symbolic of what so many people who want to support the GOP are so upset about.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THAT\u2019LL DO IT \ud83e\udd18<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/HookEm?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HookEm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/srkIUJR7ZA\">pic.twitter.com\/srkIUJR7ZA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Texas Longhorns (@TexasLonghorns) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TexasLonghorns\/status\/2098981262325170663?\">September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>People struggling for tech work who routinely can\u2019t find a phone representative who speaks English as a first language saw a flagship American ritual \u2014 college football at its best \u2014 and they no longer recognized the people in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of endless immigration and visa overuse, the supposedly racist reaction should have been predictable.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those students may be U.S. citizens. Others may be visa holders whose tuition cash the university is eager to take, and they probably all contribute to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Most of those shown are probably kind people. They sure seemed to have taken a liking to football, which looks like assimilation, if you ask me.<\/p>\n<p>But that all misses the point.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, rational people with no malice in their hearts are not out to attack dark-haired kids in burnt orange with year-round tans for the sake of being cruel.<\/p>\n<p>The real complaint for most people is not that the faces in the crowd did or did not belong at a football game.<\/p>\n<p>It is that immigration, both illegal and legal, has been out of control for years, and no one ever asks Americans how they feel about having to welcome neighbors with whom they  no common culture.<\/p>\n<p>Many Americans tuned in for a marquee game Saturday night to forget, at least in part, that there are so many people bogging down American resources that the cost of living is historically high.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the game, many were reminded that not only have their jobs gone overseas, but we have collectively and simultaneously imported so many people from faraway lands over the years that we are all feeling the strain.<\/p>\n<p>The brand of conservatism that cannot stop getting itself thrown out of office is lazily dismissing a longing for cultural homogeneity, affordability, and opportunity for American citizens as \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But no matter what these people say, it is perfectly okay for Americans to want their country to remain American, and Cornyn is free to call all of us racist as a private citizen as he prepares for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-ken-paxton-defeated-john-cornyn-tx-gop-senate-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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