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Wesley Hunt: “I got to run for Congress as a Republican in an…”

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

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The Resilient Life Podcast - Wesley Hunt Media Slant + Leadership After Defeat

Published | Video Starts at 11:18

I tell you that because I realized something, that there's a disconnect between the America that I live in, that I see every day, and the one that I see on television for. I got to run for Congress as a Republican in an overwhelmingly white district and finish a very close second back here on November 3rd. And I got to wake up every day live Martin Luther King's dream. I was literally being judged by the content of my character, not by the color of my skin. (11:18–11:28)

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