Well, folks, strap in because the swamp is serving up another double helping of congressional sleaze today, and the timing is almost too perfect to be accidental.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) announced Monday that he plans to file his retirement from Congress on Tuesday after admitting to an affair with a former staffer who committed suicide last year.
“There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas,” Gonzales posted on X, invoking his intimate relationship with G_d.
This mini bombshell dropped about an hour after Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said he’d be stepping down over his own sex scandal. These bipartisan scumcrumpets should walk away holding hands as they walk toward the sunset with their women folk.
Back in early March, Gonzales had already dropped his re-election bid in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District after getting dragged into a runoff by feisty GOP challenger Brandon Herrera. He’d also been catching heat from fellow Republicans who were loudly suggesting he might want to consider resigning his seat.
Those calls got a lot louder once Gonzales owned up to the affair with former staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, a 35-year-old married mother who, according to the fire department, “doused herself in gasoline and was ignited into flames” in the backyard of her Uvalde, Texas home.
Conservative media The Daily Wire had reported that Gonzales claimed the affair wrapped up in the summer of 2024, more than a year before Santos-Aviles took her own life. But those text messages the San Antonio Express-News published back in February painted a rather uncomfortable picture, with Gonzales apparently making some very direct sexual requests to the woman who worked for him.
Let's face it, politicians behaving badly is hardly breaking news, but when it ends in tragedy and then gets wrapped up in a neat little “God has a plan” bow, it’s enough to make even the most jaded observer roll their eyes.
The voters in Texas-23 deserved better. Hell, the staffers who have to work in these offices deserve better. And the taxpayers footing the bill for all of it are the ones who really get screwed every single time.
Another day, another reminder that power attracts exactly the kind of people you wouldn’t want babysitting your kids. Enjoy your retirement, Congressman. Try not to set anything else on fire on the way out.
Another day, another reminder that power attracts exactly the kind of people you wouldn’t want babysitting your kids. Enjoy your retirement, Congressman. Try not to set anything else on fire on the way out.
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