WASHINGTON — Disgraced Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales, who was forced to ditch his reelection bid after revelations of his sexual advances on a subordinate who later set herself on fire with gasoline, prodded another staffer for sex years earlier, damning new texts show.
Back in 2020, the sexter rep fired off hundreds of messages to his then-political director in which he repeatedly pressed her for nudes and clamored for her to “squeeze my balls.”
“47 nos is about my limit,” Gonzales, 45, texted the unnamed staffer during his 2020 campaign for Congress, a San Antonio Express-News report revealed.
“I know what I want and won’t stop until I get it,” he then followed up the next day on June 15, 2020.His then-political director shot back with a facepalm emoji and urged him not to behave like that in Congress. Gonzales would later win his race and get sworn into the House of Representatives in early 2021.
“This behavior needs to stop,” the woman, who wasn’t named in the report, told the outlet.The Post has not independently verified the text messages and reached out to Gonzales’ office for comment.
Gonzales has declined to step down from the House amid the growing scandal, and he dropped his reelection bid after getting into a May 26 runoff race for his 23rd Congressional District seat against Republican Brandon Herrera.
Looming over his decision to remain in Congress is the House GOP’s ultra-slim 217 to 214 majority, with an independent rep caucusing with Republicans.
