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Monday, April 13, 2026

Embattled GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales announced on Monday that he will soon step down from Congress.

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BREAKING: Embattled GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales announces he will resign from Congress tomorrow, stepping down ahead of a potential expulsion vote after a House Ethics probe into an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.

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-- MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) Apr 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM

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The former staffer later died by suicide.
Posted by REDIAL

She self-immolated, I believe. What a horrible way to go.

"I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather.
Not screaming in terror, like the passengers in his car."
-Jack Handey

#1 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-13 07:01 PM | Reply

Is there going to be a cleansing of Congress?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-13 07:56 PM | Reply

clean link to detail-free OP:
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" allegations he had an affair with a senior staffer who later died by suicide."
-Ewww! how senior?

"Pressed by CNN ahead of the primary, Gonzales would not say whether he had an affair with the staffer nor whether he sent sexually explicit text messages that appeared to show him pressuring the woman to share images of herself. "
-So, nothing? No crusty blue dress? No "died at the age of 36 of a barbiturate overdose at her Los Angeles home. Her death was ruled a probable suicide."?

#3 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-04-14 06:59 AM | Reply

drilling down
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"Santos-Aviles, a former staffer in Gonzales' district office in Uvalde, Texas, died in September, according to CNN affiliate KENS. The county medical examiner ruled that she died of self-immolation and listed her manner of death as suicide. "

-This whole thing is sounding very car tell. How far away was the head? Vape sploded?

#4 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-04-14 07:06 AM | Reply

Just ---- off, moron. You make everyone more stupid.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-14 12:12 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Are any more of this MAGA degenerate's victims going to set themselves on fire?

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-14 01:44 PM | Reply

BUT BUT BUT IT WAS CONSENSUAL BETWEEN BILL AND THE YOUNG INTERN....

yeah...so was this....fartman shawell on the other hand....

#7 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-04-14 06:39 PM | Reply

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