We found this .nx-slider-container element in the CSS and added a display:none; to it. That hid the text. It was around line 1331 in the text file.
.nx-slider-container {
display:none; <- ADD THIS
width: 100%;
height: auto;
margin: 0px auto;
max-width: 1264px;
padding: 64px;
padding-bottom: 72px;
text-align: left;
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