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Wesley Hunt: “Attaining an ID in this country is an extremely low bar.”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

'I represent a white majority district': Rep. Wesley Hunt TORCHES Democrats over 'Jim Crow 2.0'

Published May 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:35

You need an ID to cash a check. You need an ID to buy alcohol. You need an ID to enter these very federal buildings. And by the way, Attaining an ID in this country is an extremely low bar. But somehow, showing an ID to vote in America is now considered to be Jim Crow 2.0. This is not about civil rights. This is about political theater. (01:35–01:41)

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Asserts that obtaining an ID in the U.S. is easy.

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