All posts tagged "Troy Nehls"

GOP lawmakers ran away from a reporter who asked them about a Trump-endorsed congressional candidate who made "grotesque" comments.

During an episode of Bulwark Takes, political commentators Sam Stein and Will Sommer called out "MAGA gun YouTuber" Brandon Herrera, who's running for former Rep. Tony Gonzales' congressional seat in Texas with an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

In Herrera's YouTube videos, he praises "the guy who killed Hitler" and makes explicit comments about Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts that Stein and Sommer described as "grotesque." He's running in a "tossup district in Texas, so it's not like this is a safe seat," Sommer said....

MAGA followers were coming unglued on Thursday after a Republican lawmaker got into a heated exchange with a TMZ reporter who pushed back on President Donald Trump's election claims.

TMZ's Charlie Cotton asked Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) if he was tired of hearing Trump talk about the 2020 election and his unfounded assertions that the election was rigged — just hours before the president was expected to give a primetime address about elections.

"Do you guys wish he'd give up the 2020 thing that he keeps harping on? Most Americans think it's crazy that he's saying the 2020 election was rigged still," Cotton said....

A MAGA congressman faced online roasting after he went on a bizarre rant about President Donald Trump being a "very special baby."

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) told a reporter, "Donald Trump is the best thing to happen to this country in a hundred years," but his flattery didn't stop there.

"He was born a very special baby," Nehls said. "I bet the doctors said, 'I can tell this is a very special baby.'"...

A GOP lawmaker on Wednesday continued to stand by Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) despite growing calls for the embattled Republican to step down over sexual misconduct allegations following the grisly suicide of a House staffer last year.

CNN anchor and congressional correspondent Manu Raju asked Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) whether he felt Gonzales should step down. Nehls defended Gonzales and explained why he should not leave his position in the GOP majority House, especially ahead of the high-stakes midterm elections, in an interview shared by Raju on X.

"He's not been indicted for anything. Does it look good? No, I don't like the appearance of it. He's got a problem. Don't get me wrong. The optics are horrible," Nehls said. "But I would, in no way, ever resign right now... accusations aren't enough. If he does that, then you've got to give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries. And I'm sure the Democrats would love that, I would love that, but no I wouldn't do that for any reason." ...

Another MAGA lawmaker is calling it quits after Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her decision not to run for her seat again.

Congressman Troy E. Nehls on Saturday made his announcement on social media.

"After more than 30 years in law enforcement serving and protecting my community as a police officer, constable, Fort Bend County Sheriff, an Army veteran, and six years representing this district in Congress, I have made the decision, after conversations with my beautiful bride and my girls over the Thanksgiving holiday, to focus on my family and return home after this Congress," he wrote on X....

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is making many of his Republican allies on Capitol Hill squirm — but that doesn’t mean they’re backing down.

After dismissing his own MAGA base as “stupid people,” “weaklings,” “foolish” and “PAST supporters,” the president has changed his tune a tad. But for many members of Congress in both parties, merely allowing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the Jeffrey Epstein grand jury testimony is not good enough.

While the testimony would be welcome, members of Congress continue to demand the release of the full Epstein records, including the infamous client list that Bondi previously said was “on my desk" — and now denies exists....