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Wesley Hunt: “My great great grandfather was born on a plantation and…”

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

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Interview with Congressman Wesley Hunt on West Point Appointment and Military Perspectives

Published | Video Starts at 11:53

And they grew up in a segregated south in New Orleans. So literally just the next generation. Here we are standing, standing before you with three West Point graduates in one house. My great great grandfather was born on a plantation and three of his great great grandchildren attended West Point, graduated and served this country in combat. And so the secret sauce is two good God fearing parents that loved us. And that is the privilege that I had. (11:53–12:04)

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