Brandon Herrera Responds to Gonzales Affair Confirmation: “Resign.”

San Antonio, TX – Brandon Herrera made the following statement after a story broke in the San Antonio Express-News confirming that Congressman Tony Gonzales not only had an affair with an employee who subsequently committed suicide, but also lied about it.

Tony Gonzales must resign. He not only broke House ethics rules by having an adulterous affair with a member of his congressional staff and by using taxpayer money to fund the affair, but he also broke trust with the public by insisting that the initial reporting of the affair was false.

Similar behavior in our military would lead to court-martial and dismissal from service, and we should not hold the political leaders who oversee our armed services to a lower standard than the one to which our fighting men and women are held.

Gonzales’s behavior also creates a tremendous potential catastrophe. If he prevails in the primary and becomes our party’s nominee in the General Election, Democrats will seize the opportunity to flip a reliable Republican seat blue.

Control of the U.S. House of Representatives and our party’s ability to pass President Trump’s agenda are hanging by a thread. Handing control to Democrats, who would spend the final two years of President Trump’s term obstructing, investigating, and impeaching him and members of his administration, is a risk we as a party cannot afford to take.

For these reasons, I urge Tony Gonzales to do the right thing for the district, for the country, and for the party, and resign.

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