A Sunday social media post by Bo French, the GOP nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, - targeting students of color celebrating at the University of Texas football game - prompted rebuke from U.S. Sen. John Cornyn who also urged other Republican leaders to speak out against the candidate's racism.

The morning after the Texas Longhorns pulled off a major comeback to upset Ohio State, French shared a photo of South Asian students cheering in orange gears from the stands.

The former Tarrant County GOP chair, who has called for the deportation of 100 million people which would include U.S. citizens, said the scene shows "how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners." "I heard UT graduation this year looked like this," French said in a post with a photo of the students.