{"id":2337403,"date":"2024-09-05T16:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tony-gonzales-says-house-gop-will-lose-majority-in-2024-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T16:36:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:36:33","slug":"tony-gonzales-says-house-gop-will-lose-majority-in-2024-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tony-gonzales-says-house-gop-will-lose-majority-in-2024-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Gonzales says House GOP will lose majority in 2024 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftony-gonzales-says-house-gop-will-lose-majority-in-2024-washington-examiner%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=2337403&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>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a>, Representative Tony Gonzales (R-TX) expressed his belief that House Republicans are likely\u200c to lose their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">slim majority<\/a> in the upcoming November 2024 elections, attributing the potential loss\u200c to internal party issues. Speaking at the Texas Tribune festival, he emphasized his\u200b frustration, stating, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to lose it because of ourselves.&#8221; This statement \u200bwas met with a brief rebuttal from\u2062 the National Republican Congressional Committee, which disagreed, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee agreed with Gonzales&#8217;s assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-journalists-sentenced-in-iran-for-us-collaboration-after-their-reports-on-mahsa-aminis-death\/\" title=\"Two Iranian journalists sentenced for &#039;collaborating with the US&#039; after reporting on Mahsa Amini&#039;s death.\">previously faced backlash<\/a> from his party, including a censure from the Texas Republican Party for his support of a bipartisan gun safety law following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">school shooting<\/a> in Uvalde, and has also voted in favor of same-sex marriage protections. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poland-to-raise-minimum-wage-twice-in-2024-minister-says\/\" title=\"Poland to raise minimum wage twice in 2024, minister says\">party prepares<\/a> for competitive races, analysts suggest that several formerly safe Republican districts are shifting more leftward, raising concerns about the Republican majority&#8217;s sustainability. Despite \u2063his seat being regarded as &#8220;solid Republican,&#8221; Gonzales&#8217;s statements highlight the ongoing tensions within the party as election season\u2063 approaches.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tony Gonzales says House GOP will lose majority in 2024<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1746029\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) thinks members of his party will only have themselves to blame if they lose their razor-thin <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> majority come <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s frustrating me is I firmly believe that House Republicans are going to lose the majority,&rdquo; Gonzales told <em>Punchbowl News <\/em>at the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a> Tribune<\/em> festival Thursday. &ldquo;And we&rsquo;re going to lose it because of ourselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) office declined to comment. The National Republican Congressional Committee sent a two-word response to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> over Gonzales&rsquo;s remarks: &ldquo;We disagree.&rdquo; The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a statement in a similar fashion: &ldquo;We agree.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>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 NRCC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2023\/03\/04\/tony-gonzales-censure-republican-srec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>defended<\/a> Gonzales. The congressman also voted for a bill codifying protections for same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans 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&rsquo; districts trend more to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales&rsquo;s seat in Texas is considered &ldquo;solid Republican,&rdquo; after the congressman defeated strong challenger Brandon Herrera in a runoff in May. The incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2975334\/hardline-house-republicans-tony-gonzales-primary-slammed-gaetz-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>faced heat<\/a> from his hard-line Republican colleagues after he said Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Bob Good (R-VA) are among the &ldquo;scumbags&rdquo; he serves with in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Both Gaetz and Good endorsed Herrera. While Gonzales defeated Herrera, Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3106590\/bob-good-loses-recount-becomes-first-ousted-house-gop-incumbent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lost his primary election<\/a> after fellow Republicans endorsed his Virginia challenger, John McGuire.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans hold a four-seat majority after a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3129354\/bill-pascrell-87-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>deaths<\/a> and resignations on both sides of the aisle, meaning Johnson can only afford to lose four votes to pass a measure along party lines. Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill next week to pass government spending bills, with border and China legislation also on the docket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1746029\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1746029\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) believes that if the House GOP loses its slim majority in November, it will be due to their own actions. &#8220;What frustrates me is that I truly think House Republicans are going to lose the majority,&#8221; Gonzales stated during an interview with Punchbowl News at the Texas Tribune festival on Thursday. The office of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) chose not to comment, while the National Republican Congressional Committee responded briefly to Gonzales&#8217;s comments with, &#8220;We disagree.&#8221; In contrast, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee expressed agreement with Gonzales&#8217;s assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales has previously criticized his party and faced censure from the Texas Republican Party last year after supporting a bipartisan gun safety measure following the Uvalde school shooting in his district. At that time, he received backing from the NRCC. He also voted for legislation protecting same-sex marriage rights. This election cycle, Republicans are defending several competitive seats as polls indicate some vulnerable GOP districts are leaning more leftward.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales\u2019s seat in Texas is considered &#8220;solid Republican&#8221; after he won a runoff against strong challenger Brandon Herrera in May. However, he has faced backlash from hardline members of his party for labeling Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Bob Good (R-VA) as \u201cscumbags.\u201d Both Gaetz and Good supported Herrera during his campaign against Gonzales; meanwhile, Good lost his primary election after receiving opposition endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, House Republicans maintain a four-seat majority following various deaths and resignations across both parties; this means Johnson can only afford to lose four votes for party-line measures to pass. Lawmakers will reconvene next week to address government spending bills along with border and China-related legislation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2337404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23062843368798-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33399,32455,40226],"class_list":["post-2337403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2024-elections","tag-house-gop","tag-tony-gonzales"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23062843368798-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337403","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}