Two prominent House Republican women castigated GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales Monday, applying major new pressure on the Texas lawmaker to address accusations that he had an affair with his staffer who later died by suicide.
Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado became the first Republican lawmaker to call for Gonzales’ resignation, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida said Gonzales should be condemned over his alleged treatment of the woman.
Separately Monday, in his first comments on the matter, Speaker Mike Johnson called the allegations “very serious” but declined to call for further action as investigations into Gonzales play out. Rep. Brandon Gill…
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