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Wesley Hunt: “People are not looking at the color of my skin. They're…”

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

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Rep. Wesley Hunt SLAMS D.L. Hughley for Saying You Can't Be Black and MAGA.

Published | Video Starts at 04:45

I have three master's degrees from Cornell University, and I'm the congressman for a white majority district that President Trump would have won by almost 20 points, and I won by 26 points because literally, People are not looking at the color of my skin. They're looking at my qualifications. And our party doesn't play that game. So if you could say something, D.L. Hughley, right now, what would you say? (04:45–04:50)

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Asserts that his electoral success is based on qualifications rather than race.

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