(CNN) Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, a House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial earlier this year, repeatedly slammed Trump in an extensive sit-down interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.
"The cold hard truth is Donald Trump led us into a ditch on January 6. The former president lied to us. He lied to every one of us and in doing so he cost (Republicans) the House, the Senate and the White House," Gonzalez said on "State of the Union."
He added: "I see, fundamentally, a person who shouldn't be able to hold office again because of what he did around January 6. But I also see somebody who's an enormous political loser. And I don't know why anybody who wants to win elections going forward would follow that. I simply, like, I don't get it ethically. I certainly don't get it politically. Neither of them makes sense."
Trump campaigned against Gonzalez in June, rallying for primary opponent Max Miller, a former Trump aide.
Not_Drawn_To_Scale on November 14th, 2021 at 18:53 UTC »
"If he's the nominee again in '24, I will do everything I personally can to make sure he doesn't win. Now I'm not voting for Democrats..."
I'll do anything, but I won't do that. All the conviction of Meatloaf in love.
WhiffleBallWaffle on November 14th, 2021 at 16:36 UTC »
And yet still the majority of the rightwing voter base would rather 'ditch' neocons like Gonzalez than feign any real outrage over Jan 6th. They want the neocons gone, they want to dismantle the entire neo-political structure/system. They aren't hiding it.
EpicAftertaste on November 14th, 2021 at 16:18 UTC »
Gonzalez, who was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, announced in September he would not run for reelection in 2022.