US EditionTrump backs Herrera for Texas House seat after Gonzales drops bid
Trump praised Herrera's stance on school choice, border security, and Second Amendment protections after Herrera became GOP nominee following Gonzales's withdrawal amid ethics scrutiny.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump endorsed Brandon Herrera for Texas 23rd Congressional District, days after the YouTuber became the district's Republican nominee following Rep Tony Gonzales's withdrawal from the race.
- Gonzales withdrew from the race after admitting to a rumored affair with a staffer, following pressure from House Speaker Mike Johnson and other officials to end his reelection bid.
- Criticizing his vote on a 2022 gun safety bill, Herrera, a gun rights activist, earned the Republican nomination after losing to Gonzales by less than 400 votes in 2024.
- Herrera faces 40-year-old attorney Katy Padilla-Stout in the general election after she won a majority vote in the Democratic primary for the party's nomination.
- The House Ethics Committee continues to investigate whether Gonzales engaged in sexual misconduct toward an individual employed in his office, while he will finish his third term in January.
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Trump Endorses Congressional Candidate Who Made Light of Holocaust, Nazis
Brandon Herrera, a Republican congressional candidate in Texas endorsed by US President Donald Trump. Photo: Screenshot US President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera in Texas, a move drawing renewed attention to controversial past videos in which the firearms influencer discussed owning Adolf Hitler’s antisemitic manifesto Mein Kampf and participated in satirical skits referencing Nazi imagery. Trump a…
GOP leaders embrace Brandon Herrera in TX23
Republicans once feared a newcomer would jeopardize a safe red seat. Now, President Trump is hailing the 30-year-old as a future leader.To replace a scandal-ridden congressman, GOP leaders embrace Brandon Herrera was first posted on March 12, 2026 at 4:28 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringeme…
Trump endorses Brandon Herrera for pivotal Texas race after incumbent drops out over infidelity-suicide scandal
President Donald Trump has backed a social media gun activist for the election of the 23rd congressional district in Texas after the Republican incumbent backed out of the race.Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales was forced to drop out after evidence surfaced that he had cheated on his wife with a staffer named Regina Santos-Aviles. Santos-Aviles later committed suicide by lighting herself on fire at her home in Uvalde.'I had a lapse in judgment, and …
Not just the Senate race: Texas GOP is at risk in House races too
Most of the national attention in Texas is focused on the state's Senate contest, in which Democrat James Talarico is hoping to ride an anti-Trump wave to Democratic victory in this seat for the first time in more than 30 years. But President Donald...
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Trump endorses Brandon Herrera, Texas GOP candidate who owned copy of ‘Mein Kampf’
President Trump on Thursday endorsed Brandon Herrera, the de facto GOP nominee for a Texas congressional district whose past comments about Nazis have drawn scrutiny. “Brandon is strongly supported by many Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Texas, and Republicans in the U.S. House,” the president wrote on his social network Truth Social about the gun-enthusiast YouTuber. Trump added that Herrera would “[p]rotect our always under siege Second Amen…
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