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Texas nominees' racist, vulgar remarks receive mixed GOP reaction

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Republicans have condemned, sidestepped or continued to support two Texas GOP nominees after one's racist post this weekend about students of color and another's years of vulgar comments about women sparked backlash. The big picture: In a fiercely heated midterm election, some candidates' racist, sexist and crude material online hasn't always been enough to cost them their party's support. Warning: This story includes crude, sexually explicit language that may disturb some readers. Driving the news: House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked Sunday on CNN about vulgar comments Brandon Herrera, a YouTuber-turned-candidate running for a key Texas district, made online in the past — including calling a Nazi submachine gun the "original ghetto blaster." In a 2023 clip played on CNN's "State of the Union" of Herrera addressing Moms Demand Action's Shannon Watts, he said, "Just because you let somebody cream-pie you doesn't mean I have to give a s--t about your political opinions. The fact that yo

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