A sharp exchange between congressional candidate Nick Tran and Texas state Rep. Gene Wu is drawing renewed attention to the debate over identity politics, government power, and the role of grievance-based rhetoric in American politics.
Tran, an immigrant, combat veteran, and political newcomer running for Congress in Texas, released remarks responding to comments made by Wu that framed American society in terms of “oppressors” and demographic power. Tran said the language reflects an ideology he believes divides Americans while shifting power away from citizens and toward Washington.
“I am tired of white Americans being told they should feel like strangers in their own country, and I’m saying that as an immigrant, I’m here visiting the greatest of my brothers that I serve with, most of them Caucasian who gave their lives for freedom to liberate those who were truly oppressed. Now, according to Gene Wu of Texas state rep from Houston. That makes me wrong,” Tran said