{"id":2597808,"date":"2026-05-01T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gop-rep-wesley-hunt-surgically-takes-apart-race-baiting-reporter-2026-fear-is-definitely-setting-in-on-the-left\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:06:43","slug":"watch-gop-rep-wesley-hunt-surgically-takes-apart-race-baiting-reporter-2026-fear-is-definitely-setting-in-on-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gop-rep-wesley-hunt-surgically-takes-apart-race-baiting-reporter-2026-fear-is-definitely-setting-in-on-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt Surgically Takes Apart Race-Baiting Reporter &#8211; 2026 Fear Is Definitely Setting in on the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-gop-rep-wesley-hunt-surgically-takes-apart-race-baiting-reporter-2026-fear-is-definitely-setting-in-on-the-left%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597808&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text argues that Democrats and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-medical-professor-on-desantis-covid-success-because-hes-very-well-informed-better-than-most-epidemiologists\/\" title=\"Stanford Medical Professor On DeSantis: COVID Success Because He\u2019s \u2018Very Well Informed,\u2019 Better Than \u2018Most Epidemiologists\u2019\">left-leaning media<\/a> are overly focused on race. It recounts a moment outside the U.S. Capitol in wich Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt (described as Black) responded to a question suggesting ther would be no Black Republican members in Congress after a major Supreme Court decision.<\/p>\n<p>The piece refers to the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling as invalidating racial gerrymandering and says it could lead to Democrats losing seats in the Deep South. It then presents Hunt\u2019s answers as evidence that race is \u201cirrelevant\u201d to political qualification and emphasizes that he sees his role as representing the voters of his district, not as speaking for a racial identity. The article also claims that even when Black and non-Black candidates are elected interchangeably, liberals continue to interpret events through a racial lens.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, it portrays the author\u2019s view that conservatives care more about qualifications than skin color and hopes the Supreme Court decision will reduce what it <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >calls \u201crace-obsessed\u201d rhetoric<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democrats and their media minions cannot stop prioritizing skin color.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the obsession with race infects their thoughts to a degree that they probably do not even recognize. It runs so deep that it masks their true objectives.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in a clip posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas \u2014 a black man \u2014 responded to a race-baiting reporter\u2019s question about Wednesday\u2019s landmark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-supreme-court-rules-6-3-drawing-congressional-districts-based-race-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act in a way that the reporter must have struggled to process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of talk how there won\u2019t be any black Republican members in the new term,\u201d Pablo Manr\u00edquez of the left-wing news organization MeidasTouch said to Hunt on the steps outside the U.S. Capitol. \u201cWhat do you make of that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s historic SCOTUS ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/supreme-courts-landmark-elections-decision-game-changer-midterms-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invalidated<\/a> racial gerrymandering. In other words, states may no longer use skin color as a factor when drawing congressional maps.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script = document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src = \"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement = document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex = paragraphs.findIndex(p => p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex === -1 || targetIndex < x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer = new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries) => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve = findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, SCOTUS ruled that the Voting Rights Act actually precludes such behavior. As a result, Democrats could lose as many as 12 House seats in the Deep South.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, however, it was the right decision, logically and morally, for a republic in which skin color no longer acts as a legal or customary barrier to equality, and that is exactly how the principled conservative Hunt saw it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing,\u201d Hunt replied when asked what he made of the possibility that fewer black Republicans would now serve in Congress. \u201cI don\u2019t understand how that\u2019s relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manr\u00edquez then asked about recruitment, but Hunt stayed focused on the original question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not here because I\u2019m black,\u201d the congressman said. \u201cI am here because I am [a] qualified representative for Congressional District 38. And the American people choose who they want to choose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One marvels at how even that simple truth escapes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-jennings-leaves-race-baiting-journalist-sputtering-camera-reminder-dems-treat-blacks-defy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">race-obsessed liberals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the one thing I don\u2019t want to get into,\u201d Hunt added, \u201cis this game of race-bait all day, every day. If there\u2019s four, if there\u2019s 10, if there\u2019s none \u2014 we are talking about who is the best person, that is best qualified to fill a seat, regardless of the way that they look.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not content with standing on principle, Hunt proceeded to use himself as an example of skin color\u2019s irrelevance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI represent a white majority district that President Trump would have won by over 20 points, and I won by 25 points the last time I ran,\u201d the congressman said.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt did indeed defeat (white) Democrat Melissa McDonough by 25.5 points in Texas House District 38\u2019s 2024 election, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Texas%27_38th_Congressional_District_election,_2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballotpedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White people \u2014 white Texans, no less \u2014 elected a black representative? How will the liberal worldview withstand such results?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Hunt paraphrased the great civil rights leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/forgotten-sermon-mlk-jr-warned-communisms-threat-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m being judged not by the color of my skin, but the content of my character,\u201d the congressman said. \u201cI don\u2019t care how many black people are here; I want the most qualified people that are here.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 REP. WESLEY HUNT (R-TX) just gave the PERFECT response:<\/p>\n<p>Q: There won\u2019t be any black Republicans left in the House?<\/p>\n<p>HUNT: \u201cIt\u2019s not relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not here because I\u2019m black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am here because I am a qualified representative for Congressional District 38.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gsEXMWvViy\">pic.twitter.com\/gsEXMWvViy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2049904287786873102?\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, not even the King reference will stop modern liberals from obsessing over skin color. We know the things they say about blacks who refuse to allow their complexions to define them: sellouts, Uncle Toms, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, in November of 2025, Democrats in Virginia elected a white woman and former CIA agent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrat-abigail-spanberger-defeats-winsome-earle-sears-virginia-governors-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a>, to serve as governor over a black Republican woman, Winsome Earle-Sears.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Democrats care about power, not race. But they talk as if they care about race, because they view it as a means to acquire power.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives, on the other hand, care nothing about skin color. 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