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Wesley Hunt: “No black person has ever been elected to the U.S. Senate.”

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

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ABC: 'No Black Person has ever been elected to U.S. Senate…' - Wesley Hunt Responds.

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But No black person has ever been elected to the U.S. Senate. I represent a white majority district in a suburb of Houston, Texas. My district is a district that President Trump would have won by 20 points and I won by 27 points. (00:00–00:03)

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Asserts that no black person has been elected to the U.S. Senate.

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