Rep. Tony Gonzales Calls His Fellow Home Republicans Scumbags

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) did maintain something again as he known as his fellow Home Republicans like Matt Gaetz and Bob Good scumbags.

Transcript by way of CNN’s State Of The Union:

BASH: So that you voted sure on the international help bundle. Do you could have confidence that, at this level, provided that it’s nonetheless attainable that Marjorie Taylor Greene will push to vacate, to kick him out of the speaker’s chair, that he can survive?

REP. TONY GONZALES (R-TX): He’ll survive.

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Look, the Home is a tough and rowdy place, however Mike Johnson goes to be simply nice. I served 20 years within the army. It’s my absolute honor to be in Congress, however I serve with some actual scumbags.

Look, Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have intercourse with them at drug events. Bob Good endorsed my opponent, a identified neo-Nazi. These folks used to stroll round with white hoods at night time. Now they’re strolling round with white hoods within the daytime.

I — look, it didn’t shock me that a few of these people voted towards help to Israel, however I used to be inspired to see by an almost 10-1 mark that Republicans supported our allies on the battlefield.

BASH: Wow. OK.

I ought to say that the federal authorities did look did Matt Gaetz and people allegations, they usually determined to not prosecute.

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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), “I’ve served with some real scumbags. Matt Gaetz paid minors to have sex with him. Bob Good endorsed my opponent, a known neo-nazi. These people used to walk around with white hoods at night. Now they’re walking around with white hoods in the daytime.” pic.twitter.com/5s8TAvdYGi

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 21, 2024

Rep. Gonzales was proper. He does serve in a Home Republican convention full of doubtful ethical character. Whether or not it’s Jim Jordan and James Comer, or Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert, there are various Republicans within the convention who usually are not ethical function fashions that anybody ought to need youngsters trying as much as.

We’ve reached the purpose on this Congress, the place Home Republicans are brazenly attacking one another and exhibiting why this convention can’t get something finished.

It takes Home Democrats to step in and be the adults within the room. Republican are a round firing squad of dysfunction and catastrophe, and hopefully, they didn’t value the folks of Ukraine their democracy and freedom.

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Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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