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  • Conservatives aim their fire at Texas Republican after ‘scumbags’ comment

    04/25/2024 12:27:17 AM PDT · by RandFan · 19 replies
    The Hill ^ | 04/24/24 6:00 AM E | BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL
    The battle between Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and the GOP’s right flank is heating up, with hard-line House conservatives throwing their support behind his primary opponent after the moderate Republican called two of them “scumbags” on national television. Gonzales kicked the hornet’s nest over the weekend when, during an interview on CNN, he went after Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Bob Good (R-Va.) — “it’s my absolute honor to be in Congress, but I serve with some real scumbags” — launching personal attacks on the conservative duo. “Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with them at drug parties....