Texas GOP censures Republican congressman for ‘lack of fidelity’ to party principles and priorities

Republican Politician Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday by the state GOP for “for absence of fidelity to Republican politician concepts and concerns,” the celebration revealed.

The Texas Republican politician Celebration disagreed with numerous Home votes and positions by the second-term congressman, including his elect the Regard for Marital Relationship Act, his opposition to a GOP-led border security procedure and the reality that he was the only Home Republican politician to vote versus his conference’s guidelines bundle previously this year.

Gonzales’ district– which extends along the US-Mexico border in between El Paso and San Antonio– is house to Uvalde, where a mass shooting at a primary school in 2015 eliminated 19 kids and 2 instructors. After the shooting, Gonzales enacted favor of bipartisan gun-safety legislation– another vote the state GOP discovered fault with.

The censure vote passed with 57 members of the State Republican politician Executive Committee backing the movement, 5 ballot versus it and one staying away.

The censure resolution was initially purchased by the Republican politician Celebration in Medina County, which remains in Gonzales’ district. Fifteen other regional celebration companies in his district passed concurring resolutions.

Gonzales was very first chosen in 2020 to be successful retiring Republican Will Hurd. He quickly won election to a 2nd term in his Hispanic-majority district last fall.

The only other time the Texas GOP has actually voted to censure a Republican authorities remained in 2018, when Texas Home Speaker Joe Straus was censured, according to the state celebration.

CNN has actually connected to Gonzales’ workplace for remark.