A Houston-based newspaper is being pilloried for rushing to the defense of a blatantly racist Texas state Democrat lawmaker who wasn’t even born in the United States.
Speaking on leftist journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’ podcast in December of 2024, current Texas state House Minority Leader Eugene Wu essentially called for all minorities to unite against white people.
“I always tell people the day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize that they share the same oppressor is the day we start winning, because we are the majority in this country now,” Wu, who was born in China, said at the time.
“We have the ability to take over this country and do what is needed for everyone, and to make things fair. But the problem is our communities are divided. They’re completely divided,” he added.
Rep. Gene Wu (D) goes mask off:
“Non-whites share the same oppressor and we are the majority now. We can take over this country.” pic.twitter.com/CrxsPqlkLI
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 8, 2026
It was very clear to most people who watched the clip above that Wu was talking about white people when he spoke of “oppressors.”
And it makes perfect sense considering the Democrat Party’s usual rhetoric about white people, as noted on Monday by conservative commentator and podcaster Michael Knowles.
“It’s not different in kind from the other sort of rhetoric we hear from Democrats and the Left broadly: calls to abolish whiteness, calls to minimize whiteness, to apologize for whiteness,” Knowles pointed out.
“The coalition of the ascendant of the people of color who are perfect, and the white people who can do no good. This is just a more extreme version, which is to say the oppressor is white, the oppressed are non-whites, and the non-whites need to overthrow the whites,” he continued.
Yet surprise, surprise, a columnist for the Houston Chronicle recently decided to defend Wu’s otherwise disturbing remarks.
In an op-ed published Monday, columnist Evan Mintz claimed that Wu’s remarks had nothing to do with white people.
Uh huh…
Mintz argued that because Wu didn’t explicitly use the term “white” or “white people” in his rant, this means his remarks weren’t about white people.
So who were they about? Allegedly Republicans. As proof, Mintz cited Wu’s own words to him.
“It is undeniable that Republicans have spent the past 50 years beating down communities,” Wu said. “It’s not just minority communities. It’s the poor, it’s religious minorities, it’s women, it’s veterans, it’s the disabled, it’s every community like that that’s oppressed.”
But few believed Mintz’s narrative:
So we shouldn’t believe we heard what we all heard him say. Thanks for the clarification.
— Jim Krallman (@KrallmanJim) February 10, 2026
There’s literally a video of him saying what he said you gaslighting dorks. Maybe try, actually, you know, journalism, and ask how Wu’s belief that White people are oppressors serves his constituency.
— John (@Opposed_Twin) February 9, 2026
This is exactly why people hate news media. This is such a dishonest and disingenuous article.
He was clearly talking about white people and non white people. Word games don’t work anymore.
— Logic (@LogicRoad) February 9, 2026
For “something that didn’t happen,” Gene Wu sure does talk about white supremacy a lot. In 2023, he even tweeted “congratulations” to white supremacy.
My guess is when you mention every race except white and claim all those races share an “oppressor,” he meant whites. 🙄
— Grace Dire (@ChampionCynic) February 10, 2026
@evan7257
– no matter what he said, we all know what Gene meant and it wasn’t “Republicans”. There are black, Asian and Hispanic Republicans. And there are many white Democrats. He chose his words very carefully, to omit a certain group.
“Oppressor/Oppressed” is Critical Race…— Oaxacan Old Fashioned Boy (@Somali_Day_Care) February 9, 2026
To Mintz’s credit, he did offer a rebuttal to Wu’s remarks then and now.
“[I]t shouldn’t be hard for Republicans to go after Wu on the representative’s progressive policy preferences,” he wrote.
“A deft conservative messenger should be able to use Wu’s diversity rhetoric to slam Democrats for failing to deliver lower crime, higher-performing schools, and better economic outcomes for underserved neighborhoods — whether Latino, African American, Asian, or any other community,” he added.
Mintz also drew attention to the smart, savvy response from Helen Zhao, who’s running in a GOP primary election to oppose Wu in the 2026 general election:
This is shameful and dangerous rhetoric from this district’s sitting State Representative of our Texas House. I know firsthand how the communist regime divides people—labeling entire groups as oppressors, stoking resentment, and promising power to one side over another. 1/3 https://t.co/VOpYgZRni4
— Helen Zhou Campaign (@helenzcampaign) February 9, 2026
That’s the present danger in Gene Wu’s rhetoric. His remarks echo Communist tactics and has no place in Texas or America—a nation of individual liberty, equal opportunity. I am running to replace him for this reason and many more.
— Helen Zhou Campaign (@helenzcampaign) February 9, 2026
I’ll fight daily to protect the American Dream that drew my family here from Communist China when I was a teenager. Let’s reject division, embrace freedom, and make Texas’ beacon of opportunity brighter for all.
— Helen Zhou Campaign (@helenzcampaign) February 9, 2026
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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