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Rep. Tony Gonzales thinks members of his party will only have themselves to blame if they lose their razor-thin
“What’s frustrating me is I firmly believe that House Republicans are going to lose the majority,” Gonzales toldHouse Speaker Mike Johnson’s office declined to comment. The National Republican Congressional Committee sent a two-word response to theover Gonzales’s remarks: “We disagree.” The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a statement in a similar fashion: “We agree.”
Gonzales has spoken out against his party in the past. He received a censure from the Texas Republican Party last year after he voted for the bipartisan gun safety law in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting in his district. At the time, the NRCCRepublicans are defending a handful of competitive seats this cycle. Polls and projections show that the House is up for grabs as some vulnerable GOP lawmakers’ districts trend more to the left.
Gonzales’s seat in Texas is considered “solid Republican,” after the congressman defeated strong challenger Brandon Herrera in a runoff in May. The incumbentfrom his hard-line Republican colleagues after he said Reps. Matt Gaetz and Bob Good are among the “scumbags” he serves with in Congress.and resignations on both sides of the aisle, meaning Johnson can only afford to lose four votes to pass a measure along party lines.
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