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Wesley Hunt: “I've been a black guy for, like, 38 years. Been black my…”

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

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

Published January 5, 2021 | Video Starts at 18:21

And of course, in certain instances, there are certainly certain amounts of racial injustice. I mean, I've been a black guy for, like, 38 years. Been black my whole life, last I checked. So I get it. I get it. I've seen it. I've experienced it. But holistically speaking, if I compare my life to the life that my father led, my dad … (18:21–18:27)

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“My dad did 23 years in the Army. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.”
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“My sister went to West Point in my family first, so she did 23 years in the army, all active duty. She retired as a lieutenant colonel…”
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“I did eight years active duty.”
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“My brother is also a West Point graduate. And he went on to do five years in the Navy.”
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“There's about 60 years worth of military service just in my immediate family.”
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“Our class got to West Point 2000.”
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“911 happened in the beginning of my sophomore year, which meant that basically our entire class knew that we were going to go to war.”
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“The overwhelming majority of my class stayed [at West Point after 9/11].”
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“I always talk about my 14 classmates that were also killed in the global war on terror.”
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“Three of [Silas Crawford's] great, great grandchildren attended West Point.”
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“I was able to earn three master's degrees in four years.”
The Resilient Life Podcast - Wesley Hunt Media Slant + Leadership After Defeat | Uploaded January 5, 2021 | 10:24-10:28
“My brother went to Harvard Business School.”
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“My sister has her master's degree in applied mathematics and was a West Point professor.”
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“The district that I ran for Congress in as a Republican, it was actually the former district of George H.W. Bush.”
The Resilient Life Podcast - Wesley Hunt Media Slant + Leadership After Defeat | Uploaded January 5, 2021 | 10:44-10:51
“I won [the primary] by 32 points, 34 points, with no runoff.”
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“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.”
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“I've been on every continent with the exception of Antarctica.”
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“There are people that are flocking to this country day in and day out just to have the opportunity to be called an American.”
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“At one point at West Point, during the Civil War, we had West Point graduates that would spend four years together, training together…”
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“There was a time in this country when we had Vietnam soldiers that didn't volunteer, they were drafted, that would come back losing…”
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“What I find fascinating at West Point is our barracks. There are named after famous generals and former presidents like Eisenhower and…”
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“I spent a semester living in Robert E. Lee barracks, which I found fascinating because here I am living in the building named after a man…”
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“We as Americans are not defined by names on buildings. We're not defined by statues. We are defined by being Americans first.”
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“I think more than just turning off the tv, we need to have a re education as to the progress that we have made.”
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“My dad always tells me, son, as a black man, in this country, you don't have problems, because I did.”
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“In this country today, people just want to live a good life with their families to be safe. They want freedom, they want liberty, they want…”
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“99 point fill in the blank percent of [law enforcement interactions] go well.”
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“There's a healthy distrust that's happening with the media right now.”
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“News had more credibility [10 years ago].”
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“The Wall Street Journal... does lean left, but I do think they tend to be more accurate and more fair.”
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“The Economist... tends to lean left.”
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“This is probably sadly the toughest time that I have seen in terms of people not even being able or being willing to listen to the other…”
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“The beauty of our republic is that pendulum shifts back and forth.”
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“I found with the Trump presidency in particular, that it was certainly coming more from the other way than anything else.”
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“I believe in [the formula] God plus education equals success.”
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“John McCain's a war hero.”
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“2018 was the fewest number of veterans that we had in Congress in the history since World War II.”
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“Houston is an oil and gas town.”
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“Houston is the energy capital of the world.”
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“It was a 40 year Republican district, just flipped Democrat in 2018.”
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“Actually outraged my Democrat opponent, who was funded by Nancy Pelosi and others, by over a million dollars.”
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“We are redistricting here in Texas, so the state legislature is going to draw some new lines.”
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“Texas, as of right now, don't know for sure, might make it two or three more new districts.”
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“Texas is amazing.”
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“I represent them, there's no greater honor than that.”
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“If we're going to ask someone to pay the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of this great nation, I think we need more people making…”
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“Grit is what it is. Takes a lot of grit. It takes a lot of discipline, and most importantly, it takes a lot of...intestinal fortitude.”
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“That's the difference between service members and non and non service members.”
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“If it means me making a tough decision or making a tough call, even if it's unpopular, even if it's unpopular for my constituency, well…”
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“Education is the great equalizer, regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation.”
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“Resilience will be me walking through the halls of Congress as a congressman two years from now.”
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