'I've been telling people, if we want to keep the Republican party in Texas, the Republican party in Texas needs to start looking like Texas,' the Congressman said.
that Republicans should not be"an asshole," arguing that his conservative colleagues shouldn't be homophobic, racist, misogynistic or any other negative stereotypes often associated with the party by left-wing critics.
"Look, we need to make sure the Republican party is growing," Hurd responded, pointing to Texas, which he said is increasingly becoming purple after long being seen as a red Republican stronghold."I've been telling people, if we want to keep the Republican party in Texas, the Republican party in Texas needs to start looking like Texas. And I think that this is — that goes for the rest of the country as well," he asserted.
As Hurd pointed out, he is the only African American currently serving in the House of Representatives. Prior to the most recent midterm election, Mia Love of Utah, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, also served as a Republican in the House along with Hurd from 2015 to January of this year. She was the first black woman of the GOP ever elected to Congress. There is also currently one African American Republican, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.
House Intelligence Committee member Representative Will Hurd listens to testimony from experts on the subject of"deep fakes," digitally manipulated video and still images, during a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13 in Washington, D.C."Because Republicans never take minority communities into their home and citizens into their homes and into their hearts, they stay with Democrats," Love stated.
"I am unleashed, I am untethered and I am unshackled, and I can say exactly what's on my mind," she added.
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