Texas Republican congressman Tony Gonzales has dropped his re-election bid after admitting an affair, which he had previously denied, with a staff member who died by suicide.
The decision comes after the most senior members of his party in Congress released a statement calling for him to end his campaign.
“After deep reflection and with the support of my loving family, I have decided not to seek re-election,” he said in a statement posted to X.
It also comes as lawmakers prepare an ethics investigation into Gonzales, and days after he failed to convince voters to back him for the party’s nomination ahead of the mid-term congressional elections.
Coerced her into an affair. Really important to point that out as often as possible.
And it was bad enough she killed herself by lighting herself on fire.
And if I had any, I’d be willing to bet good money that his regrets center around personal consequences for him, not the woman he drove to immolate herself in despair for his personal pleasure.
After deep reflection and with the support of my loving family
What kind of shit-stack does a person have to be to even contemplate writing a statement like that under the circumstances? “Deep reflection” my ass.
As we know it takes 4 affairs or 3 forced abortions for Republican voters to turn on a politician so there has to be more to this story.
she committed suicide by self immolation.
which is an absolutely horrendous way to go. and all because he coerced her to have sex with him.
Holy fucking shit:
Regina Santos-Aviles died in September 2025, after setting herself on fire near her home in Uvalde, Texas.
Well that’s a depressing and horrifying detail :(
Worse, this jackhole gets to be like “I think I’m gong to just not run for re-election” and get to go do it all to someone else again.
Ah, Americans’ obsession with sexual purity
died in September 2025, after setting herself on fire
WAITWHAT
So like, the reality is that if he’d just admitted it, nobody would care. they’d forgive him and move on. The only times republicans care about purity of any sort is if it’s a democrat caught cheating, or an underage girl they want to fuck.
Fuck Tony for a number of reasons.
Brandon Hererra will win his seat and is a huge upgrade at that position.
