It's a Numbers Game: UPDATE: Tony Gonzales Drops Out of TX-23 Race
3/7/202611 mincomplete
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3:17This is a special episode of A Numbers Game with Ryan Grudowski.
3:20A short episode to tell you an update on the Friday episode.
3:25So if you watch the Friday episode or listen to it, I had mentioned that
3:29Tony Gonzalez was basically holding out that he was going to run.
3:34And I recorded that late on Thursday.
3:36And then Thursday around midnight, Congressman Tony Gonzalez, who I have been a vocal critic
3:41of, announced that he was going to not run for re -election.
3:46He was going to drop out of the runoff.
3:51And, you know, that's why I felt like I had to update the audience with
3:54this quick mini episode. So at 11 .14 p .m.
3:57on the East Coast, Gonzalez posted an image on social media saying, At 18, I
4:02swore an oath to defend our nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that during
4:09my 20 years in the military and three terms in Congress, I have fought for
4:14that cause with my absolute dedication to the country that I love.
4:19I want to remind everybody, by the way, about Tony Gonzalez.
4:22I know everyone's talking about the affair and the employee who was his mistress, who
4:28took her own life. Tony Gonzalez was allegedly, according to many Republicans in the Texas
4:35allegation, the same congressman who called fellow Republicans racists for wanting to close the border
4:41during Joe Biden's invasion of our borders.
4:45So I think it's important context when he's talking about, you know, defending our country.
4:49Back to the statement. From overcoming the border crisis, literally did nothing to overcome the
4:54border crisis. But he did pose a picture with Elon Musk, which he uses a
4:59fundraising ploy. So I guess he did one thing during the whole border invasion was
5:02he posed for a picture.
5:03To taking a stand with my communities after the worst school shooting in Texas history,
5:07my philosophy has never changed.
5:09Do as much as you can and always fight for the greater good.
5:13This reads like a college commencement speech, by the way.
5:15I mean, a D -list college.
5:17This is terrible writing. After deep reflection with the support of my loving family, the
5:22ones... the ones he cheated on.
5:25I have decided not to seek re -election while serving on the rest of my
5:28term in Congress. With a commitment I've always had in my district, through the rest
5:34of my term, I will continue to fight for my constituents, for whom I am
5:38internally grateful God has a plan for all of us.
5:41That is, pardon my French, a crock of shit.
5:44What about the constituent who was married to your staffer, who you had the affair
5:49with, who went on to commit her suicide, who you went on national radio and
5:54insisted that he was gay and responsible for his wife's suicide not even 24 hours
6:00ago? What about him? You seem to have no problem throwing him as if his
6:05life hasn't already been completely turned upside down, in part, you know, because of the
6:10choices Gonzales made, as if he doesn't have to go to bed every night with
6:14a child asking where his mother is and if his mother's ever coming home, you
6:19decided to say not only defame him and say his sexuality, about his sexuality, but
6:24say that he was responsible for his wife's suicide.
6:28Tony Gonzales is a bad, bad, bad man.
6:32I'm just, I normally don't go into, I just talk about policy and issues, but
6:36this is a very, very self -indulgent individual who plays the victim card, pretends he's
6:46taking the high road and almost never is.
6:50And I also have a question in my mind of how much money he has
6:54left in his campaign coffers, because if he does, he could hold it there and
7:00try to make a comeback in a few years.
7:02If Brennan Herrera flames out or if retires or whatnot, Brennan Herrera is the Republican
7:08nominee now for the seat and he's a wild character, but he doesn't at least
7:12have this going for him.
7:13At least I don't think so.
7:15My guess is that he, that Gonzales got a call from Trump that he was
7:20going to pull the endorsement and he didn't want to actually lose.
7:22And he would have lost in a terrible landslide.
7:25It probably would have a 20 point loss and decided this was the easier road.
7:29He can go work on the private sector for a couple of years and then
7:33make a decision on whether or not people have forgotten about what he's done.
7:36Anyway, uh, goodbye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
7:41Adios. And I am very excited.
7:43I hope that the pressure that this podcast applied and what I applied on social
7:47media helped, you know, the speaker and other people make a difference to realize that
7:52the conservatives were angry and didn't want Tony Gonzalez to be a nominee and a
7:57congressman anymore. And kudos to, uh, the majority of voters in Texas's 23rd district and
8:03the Republican primary voted against him.
8:05You also made this very nice.
8:07That's this very short episode.
8:08I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
8:10I will speak to you guys on Monday.
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