Texas Democrat blasted for telling Latino, Black, Asian people to unite against 'oppressor,' 'take over’ US
State representative Gene Wu said he meant 'Republicans' were oppressor of minorities after 2024 podcast clip resurfaced
By Alexander Hall Fox News
Published February 9, 2026 8:18pm EST
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives, state Rep. Gene Wu, is facing conservative backlash after a clip resurfaced of him calling on various racial groups to unite against their common "oppressor."
The resurfaced viral clip was from a Dec. 31, 2024, episode of the "Define American" podcast with Antonio Vargas titled, "In this Texas District, 1/3 of Residents are Undocumented."
Vargas argued that the future of the United States will be decided by Texas, asking Wu to give him the big picture. Wu said that one of the powerful forces driving modern politics, particularly regarding immigration, is that "White people" in America are concerned about becoming a racial and political minority.
"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," he continued.
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