A Text Message, A Suicide, and A Congressman’s Career in the Balance
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4.3 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales is facing calls for his resignation after a former staffer’s text came to light this week. That staffer died by suicide last year by setting herself on fire. In the newly uncovered text message, she appears to confirm an affair with the married Republican and father of six.
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| 1:13.4 | Hey there, folks. It is Friday, February 20th, and a Texas congressman is facing increasing scrutiny and calls for his resignation over an alleged affair with a staffer who later set herself on fire. |
| 1:31.7 | With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs, I said that accurately. |
| 1:37.1 | The details here are incredible. But representative Tony Gonzalez, a lot of people don't know that name, |
| 1:42.9 | but he is in the middle |
| 1:44.3 | of it right now. Well, and anyone who is in his district, he is actually currently running for his |
| 1:49.7 | fourth term. So he's a well-known figure locally, but yes, now he is becoming a nationally known |
| 1:56.1 | name because of this growing scandal. There are allegations, yes, that he had an affair with his staffer. |
| 2:04.1 | And the accusation is now coming from a former staffer, a former congressional aide, |
| 2:10.2 | who says and has shown a media outlet a screenshot of a text from this staffer before she died by suicide. And yes, she lit herself on fire. |
| 2:23.1 | That is how she died. She sent him a text confirming that she was having or had had an affair |
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