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Wesley Hunt: “Division is their strategy. Outrage is their oxygen.”

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

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Hunt vs Crockett | 'Outrage is their oxygen': GOP lawmaker's devastating rebuttal at SPLC hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:22

Racism, white supremacy, Jim Crow. Democracy is dying. Why? Because fear is the currency of the Democrat Party. You want to tell people of color who is fighting for who. Division is their strategy. Outrage is their oxygen. If I see a black pilot, I'm going to be like, boy, I hope he's qualified. Does that sound like a hater or. (00:22–00:27)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party uses division and outrage as part of their political strategy.

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