Gonazales, who represents a Texas border district, tells a Tribune Festival audience that his own party will be to blame for defeats in the November election.
Tony Gonzales is interviewed by moderator Jake Sherman during a one-on-one conversation at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 5, 2024., a moderate San Antonio Republican who has routinely spoken out against his own party, predicted Thursday that Republicans will lose control of the House in November, suggesting the GOP majority has failed to address people’s everyday concerns.
Most people, Gonzales said, “just want their lives to be better. They want to feel safe in their communities. They want their kids to feel safe in school. They want more money in their pockets. These are real issues. … Yet the House Republicans continue to get in their own way, and I worry if we stay in this spot, we’re gonna be in the minority.”
Asked about Gonzales’ comment, Delanie Bomar, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement, “We disagree.” On the Democratic side, Justin Chermol, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Gonzales’ comments reaffirm that the GOP is too extreme and “out of touch” to “salvage their faltering majority.”
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