Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M President Mark Welsh III to explain a university conference that excluded whites and Asians from attending or he would be fired.

“Texas A&M is sponsoring a trip to a DEI conference that prohibits whites and Asians from attending,” conservative activist Christopher Rufu shared an email Monday on his social media. “The university falsely claims that this use of taxpayer funds does not violate the state’s DEI ban. @TAMU is supporting racial segregation and breaking the law.”

In the email titled “Repressing Mays at the PhD Project Conference,” the authors wrote, “Who can apply?: To be eligible for the annual conference you must: identify as Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic, or Native American/Canadian Indigenous.”

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