Wesley Hunt: “My great, great grandfather was born on a plantation.”

“And I like to make sure that we have high expectations for people just like everybody else would have for themselves. Regardless of the way you look, I understand this country's come a long way. My great, great grandfather was born on a plantation. But yet here I sit before you again as a black man in a white majority district in a suburb of Houston, Texas, as a strong conservative. That's where we are.” (19:13–19:17)

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