Rep. Wesley Hunt spoke with Fox News Digital about being an RNC speaker and his efforts to turn Black voters out for former President Trump in November.
First-term House Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, is part of a growing group of young, Black conservative lawmakers who are steadily changing the face of the Republican Party – and he believes that more non-White voters will follow. 'This is what the party is today. This is the future of the party as well,' Hunt told Fox News Digital in an interview.
Hunt said it was important for more non-White Americans to join the GOP because it reflects the country's own changing demographics. He pointed to his own home state of Texas, for instance, which is projected to be a majority-Hispanic state by the next census, Hunt said. 'I don't like playing identity politics, and I leave that to the left. But what I do want to be is inclusive for all Americans,' Hunt said. 'We all want to do better. We all want a better middle class.
The biggest issues are safety, the southern border and, of course, the economy. People are struggling. People are having a hard time putting food on the table. They're having a hard time putting gas in their cars. And those issues are issues that are very germane to the Black community,' Hunt said.
But Hunt was hopeful that wider demographic representation could help Republicans boost their numbers. 'I'm not running per se as a Black Republican. I'm running as a Republican that happens to be Black,' he said. 'But I think having faces out there like mine, faces out there like , I think it's very beneficial for the party, for people to see that, 'You know what? It's not just a party of all White people.
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