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Wesley Hunt: “I was the first person to endorse President Trump in this…”

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

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Published January 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 12:01

And I am not an ageist, of course, because Donald Trump is 79 years old, but he is unlike any other human being I have ever seen in my life. You see, I was the first person to endorse President Trump in this last election. And since then. And because of that, he allowed me to travel with him, he allowed me to campaign for him. He made me one of his top surrogates in this last election. (12:01–12:06)

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“Fraud, waste, and abuse in the medical industry account for 1 in 4 of our Medicare tax dollars.”
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“President Trump can cut your interest rates via an executive order.”
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“Do you know Barack Obama deported far more people than President Trump did?”
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“He [Trump] allowed me to travel with him, he allowed me to campaign for him.”
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“He [Trump] made me one of his top surrogates in this last election.”
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“He [Trump] saved this country from the brink of disaster.”
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“He [Trump] has now surrounded himself with a 41 year old vice president, a 53 year old secretary of State. Our Secretary of war is 45 years…”
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“My father is a retired lieutenant colonel in the military.”
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“My sister went to West Point and my family first, so she did 23 years active duty as a military intelligence officer.”
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“I flew 55 combat air missions in Baghdad as an Apache helicopter pilot.”
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“I did two tours of duty in Saudi Arabia as a diplomatic liaison officer.”
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“I spent three years of my life in the Middle East in countries that's run by Sharia law.”
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“We have our own set of laws, we have our own constitutional republic, we have our own constitution that will be implemented in our own…”
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“My brother is also a West Point graduate, graduating a year behind me.”
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“At one point in 2006, my brother, sister and I were all deployed in Baghdad at the same time for two months.”
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“14 of my West Point classmates didn't make it back alive.”
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“Three of his [great, great grandfather's] great, great grandchildren went to West Point.”
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“One of them, me, became a United States Congressman in a white majority district in a suburb of Houston, Texas, that President Trump would…”
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“I outperformed him [Trump]. I won by 25 points.”
Congressman Wesley Hunt campaign stop | Uploaded January 20, 2026 | 09:35-09:39
“I'm running for Senate because the United States Senate is not a retirement community.”
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“That's why you co author gun control legislation in Texas.”
Congressman Wesley Hunt campaign stop | Uploaded January 20, 2026 | 13:26-13:31
“I have an AR15 for every person in my home.”
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“Red flag laws do not belong in Texas.”
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“The border wall was arcane and stupid and that walls don't work. Well, yes, they do work.”
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“We need senators with a backbone that are willing to codify what President Trump is doing now.”
Congressman Wesley Hunt campaign stop | Uploaded January 20, 2026 | 14:35-14:42
“I want to nuke the filibuster and get the America first agenda across to finish line.”
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“Syria law does not belong in the United States or in Texas.”
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“I have already signed a term limit pledge. When I am your senator, I will serve two terms. 12 years.”
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“I've already term limited myself in the halls of Congress to two terms. Four years.”
Congressman Wesley Hunt campaign stop | Uploaded January 20, 2026 | 17:07-17:14
“I did not vote for a single continuing resolution. I was one of 40 Republicans that stood strong against that.”
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“Social Security will be insolvent. Medicare and Medicare will be insolvent.”
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“Insurance companies are making way too much money.”
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“The United States government has no right to get between you and your doctor.”
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“President Trump is the first president that you have heard on the record say [insurance companies are making too much money].”
Congressman Wesley Hunt campaign stop | Uploaded January 20, 2026 | 24:12-24:17
“I was in the Oval Office with the president when he signed the executive order to ban biological men from competing against biological…”
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“Biological men should not be competing against biological women in the discussion.”
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“What I like most about what President Trump is doing is he's holding y'all accountable. He's holding these projects accountable because they…”
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“It's one of the most innovative helicopters that, that's going to be ever created.”
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“If we don't invest in that, that's how we fall behind all the other countries and we can't afford to do that.”
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“The reason why we're seeing all this crap now from a president who deported fewer people than Barack Obama is just because President Trump…”
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“We're talking about a strategic play [regarding Greenland].”
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“I have actually challenged [Jasmine Crockett] to a debate. And of course she said no.”
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“We are traveling all over the state of Texas.”
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“My biggest issue is my name ID out here.”
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“We're doing well in the major markets.”
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