Tony Gonzales has made a lot of Republican enemies. Party leadership is still defending him, against his opponent 'The AK Guy' and his own conservative colleagues.
Tony Gonzales has made a lot of Republican enemies. Party leadership is still defending him, against his opponent “The AK Guy” and his own conservative colleagues.
Gonzales stunned many in his own party when he captured a sprawling rural Texas district in 2020 that many believed would be lost. But his votes in support of gun control and same-sex marriage earned him a host of enemies and a censure from the Texas GOP. And he’s not winning any popularity contests in Washington, either, after repeated public criticism of his colleagues.
There has been a pause in that activity, at least, even as some of Gonzales’ allies push for a permanent end to it. The speaker’s joint fundraising committee did not disburse any money to the Texas GOP in the first quarter of this year, according to Federal Election Commission records. He received 45 percent of the vote in the first round of the primary, compared to Herrera’s 25 percent. And that’s a perilous place for Gonzales, as Herrera makes a play to consolidate the anti-incumbent vote.
In his sprawling border district, Gonzales has been outspoken about the migration crisis he is witnessing firsthand and the need for more gun control after 2022’s elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde. Herrera allies, meanwhile, suggest it is no mistake that a supporter of a bipartisan law that strengthened firearm regulations is now facing a pro-gun challenger.
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