{"id":2227987,"date":"2024-04-23T09:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hard-line-house-republicans-heat-up-rep-gonzaless-primary-after-he-slammed-gaetz-and-good\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:55:05","slug":"hard-line-house-republicans-heat-up-rep-gonzaless-primary-after-he-slammed-gaetz-and-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hard-line-house-republicans-heat-up-rep-gonzaless-primary-after-he-slammed-gaetz-and-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Fierce GOP Members Rally Against Rep. Gonzales in Primary Race Following Criticism of Gaetz and Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhard-line-house-republicans-heat-up-rep-gonzaless-primary-after-he-slammed-gaetz-and-good%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227987&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) \u200cfaces backlash from fellow Republicans for remarks, boosting \u200csupport for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-news-three-of-ten-pro-impeachment-republicans-including-liz-cheney-already-have-primary-opponents\/\" title=\"Good News! Three of Ten Pro-Impeachment Republicans Including Liz Cheney ALREADY Have Primary Opponents\">primary opponents<\/a>. Gonzales, in \u2063a runoff against Brandon Herrera,\u2063 criticized Reps. Gaetz and Good \u2062as \u2063&#8221;scumbags&#8221; on CNN. Gaetz and Good endorse Herrera, leading to more colleagues backing the challenger. Rep. Tony \u2064Gonzales (R-TX) is under fire from Republican colleagues for derogatory \u200dremarks, fueling backing\u200d for his primary rivals. In a \u2064faceoff with Brandon Herrera, \u2063Gonzales labeled Reps. Gaetz and Good as \u2063&#8221;scumbags&#8221; during a CNN appearance. Gaetz and Good&#8217;s endorsement of \u200cHerrera has \u2062swayed\u200c more peers\u2062 to support the challenger.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) is facing the heat from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">hard-<\/a>right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> colleagues over comments he made this weekend, fueling more endorsements for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">primary<\/a> opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Republican, who is facing a runoff in the GOP primary against Brandon Herrera next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973440\/gonzales-blasts-fellow-house-gops-as-he-contends-johnson-will-survive-motion-to-vacate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">included<\/a> Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Bob Good (R-VA) among the \u201cscumbags\u201d he said he serves with in Congress during an appearance on CNN on Sunday. Both Gaetz and Good have endorsed Herrera, and since those comments, more of Gonzales\u2019s colleagues reportedly expected to back his primary challenger.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) called Gonzales\u2019s comments \u201csuch BS and so pathetic\u201d and offered his endorsement to Herrera on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is such BS and so pathetic, especially from a fellow veteran. To insinuate that other members are klansmen because they call you out for being a complete and total Rhino. Wasn\u2019t one of our core values Honor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyGonzales4TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TonyGonzales4TX<\/a>? Hey Brandon, add me to your list of endorsements.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dWSCYcO2pR\">https:\/\/t.co\/dWSCYcO2pR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Crane (@EliCrane_CEO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliCrane_CEO\/status\/1782190950716252280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is such BS and so pathetic, especially from a fellow veteran. To insinuate that other members are klansmen because they call you out for being a complete and total Rhino. Wasn\u2019t one of our core values Honor @TonyGonzales4TX? Hey Brandon, add me to your list of endorsements. We will never save the country with guys like Tony,\u201d he posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><em>Punchbowl News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/tony-gonzales-brandon-herrera-primary-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reporting\">reported<\/a> that Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) is also planning on endorsing Herrera, while Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) is \u201cconsidering\u201d doing so as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gonzales, a two-term congressman who has been critical of hard-line Republicans, is set to have House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) appear at a fundraiser alongside him in Texas, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has pushed for Republicans not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-other-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-the-impeachment-of-joe-biden\/\" title=\"2024 GOP hopefuls' stance on Biden's impeachment: A topic of discussion.\">endorse primary challengers<\/a> to GOP incumbents, but that request has been largely ignored \u2014 especially in Gonzales and Good\u2019s respective primaries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) under fire from hard-line GOP peers for recent remarks, boosting support for primary rivals. Gonzales, in a runoff against Brandon Herrera, criticized Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Bob Good (R-VA) as &#8220;scumbags,&#8221; sparking controversy ahead of the primary next month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2227988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23063031444011-1-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23063031444011-1-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}