Representative Wesley Hunt (R-TX) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give his thoughts on the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Addressing the idea of voter ID, Rep. Hunt commented on the notion of requiring identification as possibly being racist toward African Americans.
I’m here to say the quiet part out loud. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is NOT about protecting voting rights.
❌ It’s about solidifying Democrat power nationally.
❌ It’s about federal control over state and local elections.
❌ It’s about diminishing the… pic.twitter.com/4laXuaGBxY
— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) March 12, 2024
“I’m here to talk about the left’s soft bigotry of low expectations. Because it’s the Democrat Party, not the Republican Party that thinks so little of Black Americans and people of color, that they make the case that being Black in America means we can’t obtain a government ID to vote,” said Rep. Hunt. “And that’s not only a ridiculous assertion, it’s demeaning and insulting.
He continued, “When it comes down to it – and many of my colleagues on the left like to pretend that we’re still living in the 1950s – Well, we’re not because I’ve got some good news for you, it’s 2024 and I know what year it is because I’ve been Black for over 40 years. I’m also the son of a retired Lieutenant Colonel who grew up in the segregated South.”
Furthermore, Rep. Hunt discussed the demographics of his Congressional district and how it proves that racism, especially in a Southern state like Texas, disproves theories that America is still a racist nation.
“I sit before you today as a sitting United States Congressman, and a district in a suburb of Houston, Texas as a white majority district that President Trump would have won by 25 points, and I won by almost 30 points. And that doesn’t happen unless we’ve made some incredible progress in this great nation,” said Hunt.
He expanded on these comments by continuing to rip into the idea of recent voting laws, especially voter ID.
“Now, my colleagues on the left like to say that commonsense voting laws including requiring government-issued ID are racist and discriminatory and burdensome … I do have multiple government-issued IDs and why that might be shocking to many people in this country, you may ask how that happened. Very simple: personal responsibility for all Americans in this country regardless of what you look like,” said the Texas congressman.
He then pulled out six government-issued IDs during his testimony.
