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Northeast Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez faces a difficult year ahead after joining nine other Republicans in voting to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Republican groups in the district have rebuked him over that vote, and a former White House aide is challenging Gonzalez in next year’s primary, with Trump’s blessing.
Although the election is a year away – and new district lines aren’t drawn yet – the race could be a test of Trump’s hold on the Republican Party in Ohio.
Gonzalez was not one of the Republicans who challenged President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory Jan. 6. A week after pro-Trump mobs stormed the U.S. Capitol Building, Gonzalez accused Trump of inciting them and voted to impeach.
Primary Challenge To Rep Anthony Gonzalez Could Test Trump s Sway Over Ohio GOP
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Listen • 4:15
Northeast Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez faces a difficult year ahead after joining nine other Republicans in voting to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Republican groups in the district have rebuked him over that vote, and a former White House aide is challenging Gonzalez in next year’s primary, with Trump’s blessing.
Although the election is a year away – and new district lines aren’t drawn yet – the race could be a test of Trump’s hold on the Republican Party in Ohio.
Gonzalez was not one of the Republicans who challenged President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory Jan. 6. A week after pro-Trump mobs stormed the U.S. Capitol Building, Gonzalez accused Trump of inciting them and voted to impeach.
‘You did the unthinkable’: Ohio’s Anthony Gonzalez faces fury over impeachment vote
To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump was analogous to only one other disloyalty: Suiting up for Michigan.
“This is like him playing for the Buckeyes again, getting down to the two-minute warning, running into the locker room, getting a Michigan jersey and running back out,” said Burns, who runs the Strongsville GOP, a grassroots organization that once backed Gonzalez. “It’s not that you turned your back or you did something that we didn’t like. You did the unthinkable.”
You did the unthinkable : Ohio Republican Anthony Gonzalez faces fury over impeachment vote CNN 2/20/2021 © Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg/Getty Images
To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump was analogous to only one other disloyalty: Suiting up for Michigan. This is like him playing for the Buckeyes again, getting down to the two-minute warning, running into the locker room, getting a Michigan jersey and running back out, said Burns, who runs the Strongsville GOP, a grassroots organization that once backed Gonzalez. It s not that you turned your back or you did something that we didn t like. You did the unthinkable.
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