Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales RAGES over 'scumbags' in party who 'paid minors to have sex' and wearing 'white hoods' as Republicans wrestle over Ukraine aid vote

Rep. Tony Gonzales decried some of his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives as 'scumbags' with 'white hoods' as he directly targeted Rep. Matt Gaetz in an interview with CNN on Sunday. 

'It's an absolute honor to be in Congress, but I serve with some real scumbags,' Gonzales (R-TX) said on CNN's Face the Nation on Sunday. 'Look, Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties.' 

CNN host Dana Bash was taken aback by the accusation, reminding viewers that Gaetz had not been prosecuted by the allegations. 

'Wow. Okay,' she replied. 'I should say that the federal government did look into Matt Gaetz and those allegations and they decided not to prosecute.'

Bash was referring to reports in February 2023 that the Department of Justice had decided not to charge Gaetz in a probe after he was accused of being part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.

Gaetz angered many Republicans after he led the charge to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy from office in October, which led to a party-wide meltdown as they struggled to appoint a successor. 

Gonzales said that Speaker Mike Johnson would survive any threat to remove him as three Republicans threatened to remove him after moving forward on a vote to send over $60 billion of aid to Ukraine. 

'Look the House is a rough and rowdy place, but Mike Johnson is gonna be just fine,' he said. 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to vacate the chair in March, but has not moved forward on her plan to oust Johnson as speaker. Fellow Republican Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Thomas Massie of Kentucky have signaled their support for the effort. 

Gonzales also took umbrage at his colleague Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) for endorsing his primary opponent Brandon Herrera.

'Bob Good endorsed my opponent, a known neo-Nazi,' he said. 'These people used to walk around with white hoods at night, now they are walking around with white hoods in the daytime.' 

Gonzales was referring to a 2022 YouTube video of Herrera and a colleague featuring them marching around to a German song during a review of a historic MP-40 submachine gun.

Harrerra responded to Gonzales' accusations on social media. 

'This is the death spiral ladies and gentlemen,' he wrote, highlighting the moment on CNN. 'He has to cry to his liberal friends about me, because Republicans won’t listen anymore.'