GOP Lawmaker Eviscerates His Own Party on CNN: ‘Some Real Scumbags’

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) called a faction of his Republican Party colleagues “some real scumbags” in a Sunday appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, delivering a rant so “intense” it appeared to shock the show’s host, Dana Bush.

The vicious words came in defense of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who’s facing ouster threats from some of the GOP’s most far-right members, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ), for successfully shepherding through a bill allocating $95 billion in military aid to support Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

He also took issue with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), whose inter-party beefs and headline-grabbing sex scandal has distracted from the chamber’s day-to-day duties.

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