Surprised Republicans air frustration with Gonzales prediction of GOP losing House
Source: The Hill
09/07/24 6:00 AM ET
Rep. Tony Gonzaless (R-Texas) pessimistic prediction that the House GOP conference will lose its majority in November is sparking frustrations among Republican lawmakers, while underscoring just how competitive the race for the lower chamber will be this fall. The surprise comments from Gonzales at the Texas Tribune Festival on Thursday drew widespread attention, breaking from the positive expectations other GOP lawmakers have publicly hammered home.
Privately, the remarks are making waves among House Republicans, who believe Gonzaless surprise forecast is simply untrue, better kept to himself, and unproductive as rank-and-file members fight furiously to hang on to their edge in the chamber. Entirely unnecessary and not at all what we feel on the ground, one Republican who represents a district President Biden won in 2020 told The Hill.
A second Biden-district Republican echoed that sentiment I think hes wrong before tearing into Gonzales for airing his reservations publicly. Even if you believe that, its extremely unhelpful and counterproductive to the cause, the GOP lawmaker wrote. [T]he Members and seats that will decide the outcomes, are not going to be determined by the handful of folks who have undermined the majority. Itll be determined by the members and the work they have done in their own district.
Well thats a team player??? a third House Republican told The Hill in a text message. Have you ever heard someone on a sports TEAM say that about their TEAM. Just disappointing. The cynicism from Gonzales, a border-district Republican, is fueled in part by irritation with the chaos that has been the 118th Congress, which began with a drawn-out Speakers race, came close to allowing a default on U.S. debts, and experienced the first-ever successful move to oust the House Speaker.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4866671-republicans-frustration-tony-gonzales-house-prediction/
The media playbook has been established where they must always characterize Democrats in the negative as "worried", "concerned", "frustrated", "distraught", and "fearful", while avoiding doing the same for the GOP. So capturing a very very rare story that flips their script is a score.
And with respect to the spectacular failure of the GOP House Leadership and the 118th Congress (House side) -
- they forgot to add the expulsion of one of their own who was indicted for being a fraudulent criminal, and eventually plead guilty to being just that.
bucolic_frolic
(45,812 posts)Hhmm. Something theyre not admitting to.
CrispyQ
(37,600 posts)"How come Harris is giving $25 million to democratic down-ballot candidates, & we can't even use Trump's name without giving him a kickback? How can we win when RNC funds go to Trump's legal fees instead of our campaigns."
ananda
(29,946 posts)...
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,145 posts)jvill
(317 posts)... if you don't understand the true origins or motivation of something, it makes it that much harder to defeat it.
For example: does Joe Walsh really think Trumpism goes away if Trump loses? If the answer is no (as I believe), then the defeat he's talking about is only temporary.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,145 posts)PortTack
(33,980 posts)FakeNoose
(34,752 posts)The Repukes and their repugnant party are a solid waste of time and money.
jvill
(317 posts)It's amazing that people still think this is a useful argument in today's political universe.
The GOP sunk its own conservative immigration reform proposal because it would prefer to campaign on it rather than solve it.
That tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about policy's value in this debate.
LymphocyteLover
(6,237 posts)LeftInTX
(29,022 posts)Kinda like Sheriff Salazar ain't a "border sheriff"...ROFL
His district is suburban Bexar County and a bunch of rurality between San Antonio and El Paso. Eagle Pass and Del Rio are where the border residents are located. The rest is a lot of "nothing" with the exception of suburban El Paso. It's a border, it just doesn't have people. Land doesn't vote.
Anyway, Tony Gonzales trying to stay relevant..LOL