Earlier this week, The Hill released an article entitled, "Trump, Republicans refuse to pull endorsement of Bo French — why?"

They can't seem to figure out why Republicans are supporting the Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner.

Their logic is as follows: French did two things that Democrat-favoring folks really didn't like. A few moderate Republicans condemned him. Surely this must mean that he's dead in the water, right?

Wrong.

All the latest polls tell the same story: French holds a modest lead over his Democratic opponent, Jon Rosenthal. Texas Public Opinion Research has French up 1 point, while Texas Southern University stretches French's lead to 2 points. Neither of these polls are from firms that unfairly favor the GOP; both had Talarico leading Paxton in the US Senate race.

Prediction markets, for all their flaws, also provide some level of insight into who's favored in a race. At the time of this article's writing, French was hovering right around the 50% mark on both Kalshi and Polymarket.

During Woke 1, French very well may have been "canceled" and been effectively knocked out of his race. But we're not in that world anymore. Commenting negatively on the demographics of a Texas Football crowd and calling for the execution of perceived traitors (years ago) are no longer disqualifying actions for a statewide Republican candidate.

This is not a defense of French's posts, though it's quite obvious that the self-righteous hysteria in response to them was overblown and, at times, manufactured.

Instead, this is a clear-eyed assessment of our modern political climate and an indictment of the mainstream left-leaning world for somehow failing to understand it. Yes, Bo French said controversial things. No, that doesn't mean that the Republican Party must throw him to the wolves so that a Democrat can take over Texas's energy sector.

Lindsey Granger from The Hill asked why "Trump [and] Republicans refuse to pull [their] endorsement of Bo French." The answer is that political correctness, as judged by the online morality police, is no longer a requirement in the modern Republican Party. If you can't understand why, you probably shouldn't be commenting on politics for a living.