Will Hurd’s Parents: Meet Robert and Mary Alice Hurd
Yesterday, my parents instilled Republican values within me. Today, I will champion those principles with unwavering resolve.
Nothing wrong with asking!
I have a black father and a white mother.
When I was born, I failed to sustain respiration, a condition called asphyxia neonatorum. Explaining the alarm in the delivery room, the doctor said I had skin discoloration, but he failed to mention it was because of my lack of breathing.
My dad was on the road, and my mom, who had just delivered me by herself, yelled, “He’s half-Black!”
If my mom had frustrations about the prejudice she experienced when we were kids, she never communicated them to us.
Growing up, our mixed race was never an issue.
We were who we were.
Will Hurd’s Parents
I was born and raised in Texas.
My mother, Mary Alice Knapp, grew up in the small town of Alexandria, Indiana. Her parents divorced when my mom was in high school. And her mother, my grandma, moved to Los Angeles following the divorce.
My father, Bob Hurd grew up in Marshall, Texas, just over the state line from Louisiana in East Texas. In the early 1950s, he was one of the first Black salesmen for the American Tobacco Company, responsible for selling Lucky Strikes to gas stations and small grocery stores.
My folks met in Los Angeles and moved to San Antonio in 1971 a little over a year after getting married. When it was time to stop renting and buy their own house for their family of five, it took them almost a year to find a place.
Yesterday, my parents instilled Republican values within me. Today, I will champion those principles with unwavering resolve.
Discussing the issues being ignored while we debate the indictment on CNN This Morning
Discussing the debt ceiling fight and the long-term ramifications on “CUOMO”
Will Hurd has spent the past 20 years on the front lines of the most pressing fights facing our nation, in the Middle East, Congress, and the highest levels of business and tech.
Will has spent his life fighting for our country, and he will take those decades of experience with him as he fights for all us.
In this election, we have a choice. We can continue down the path of divisive politics and short-term thinking, or we can choose a new direction.
We can choose a future that is grounded in common sense, that prioritizes the needs of the American people, and that builds on our strengths as a nation.
Together, we can make this vision a reality.
Together, we can create an America that thrives on innovation, that provides opportunities for all, and that leads the world not just in power, but in principle.
It's time to elect a President that isn't afraid of talking to people they don't agree with. Your generous contribution today will help me amplify that message to all voters. Not just the extremes.
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Will got more legislation signed into law in three terms than most congressmen do in their entire career. He worked across the aisle, and prioritized good policy over politics.
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