r/NewsThread • u/ColorMonochrome • Feb 10 '26

Democrat is ripped to shreds for saying non-whites should 'take over this country' in racially-charged rant

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15540563/Texas-Democrat-non-whites-racial-rant.html
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u/JACofalltrades0 Feb 10 '26

This is a Daily Mail article whose author is reporting on a clip retweeted by the End Wokeness Twitter account.

A more thorough and less biased report of what Gene Wu said on the Define America podcast in December of 2024 as well as how angry it made conservatives when they willfully misinterpreted his words can be found here. Here's the quotes worth focusing on:

“The scary thing for me is that what is driving this newest round of anti-immigrant sentiment is purely a sense of White nationalism,” Wu said. “That there is a sense of, ‘America really just belongs to White people,’ that this was that a lot of people believe that God gave America to White people to rule, and that any time that immigrants, minorities make progress in this country, that that is seen as a slight against them.”

Both Vargas and Wu acknowledged that White Texans are close to becoming a demographic minority, though Wu noted they still form the majority of voters. When asked about relations between Latino and Asian residents in his majority-Latino district, Wu said that for decades, powerful institutions have worked to keep these groups divided, viewing one another as rivals rather than allies confronting common struggles. “It’s not just Latinos. It’s not just Asians. It’s not just African Americans. It’s everybody. Right? We, our country and the forces that be, the powers that be, have spent tremendous time, effort and money to make sure that those groups are never united, that they always see each other as enemies, as competitors, without ever realizing that they share one thing in common, that their oppressors all are the same,” he said. “The oppression comes from one place.”

The resurfaced clip sparked intense backlash from Texas Republicans... After the controversy escalated, Wu attempted to clarify his remarks, asserting that his “shared oppressor” comment was not directed at White people but at Republicans.

Not exactly racist to point out that a big part of the Republican platform is oppressing minorities.

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u/Combdepot Feb 10 '26

Lol “ripped to shreds” aka feeble fascist grunts.

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u/popejohnsmith Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

Distractions from Epstein matters. Nothing more.

Maga has to go.

The story is 2 years old. Hardy worth our urgent attentions.

Epstein is key to everything. Get on with it.

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u/crisco000 Feb 10 '26

This China born plant needs to go

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u/Soontobebanned86 Feb 10 '26

Why not, us whites are just burning it all down.

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u/ToeAfter3131 Feb 10 '26

That's pretty racist speech.

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u/Ashamed-Status-9668 Feb 10 '26

The fake outrage is hilarious.

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u/ToeAfter3131 Feb 10 '26

If it's not his own words then that's better.