U.S. Senator John Cornyn openly criticized Bo French, the Republican Party nominee for the Texas railroad commission. Cornyn's disapproval highlighted a online comment that French made. That post aimed at Asian students at the University of Texas. Cornyn described the post as racist and intolerant. French is running for a position on the railroad commission, a government oversight agency. Cornyn's statement is part of the continued scrutiny on French's social media activity. That attention has been building for a while.