Texas GOP Censures US Rep Over Gun Control Vote

Congress Minutes reports:

The Republican Party of Texas voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to censure Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) for a number of positions they said went against the party. The vote was 57-5 with one abstention.

The votes at issue? He voted in favor of a bill protecting the right to same-sex and interracial marriage. His support for a modest gun control measure last Congress following the mass killing of 21 people at an elementary school in his district.

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The Texas GOP censured Tony Gonzales after he broke with his party on a number of votes.

State party officials were particularly outraged at his votes for modest gun control and in favor of same-sex marriage. https://t.co/eo9xmJDJs7

— Congress Minutes (@politicongress) March 6, 2023