TX-23: Congressional candidate Tony Gonzales evasive when asked if KKK is a terrorist organization
SAN ANTONIO – During the first debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Sept. 29, Trump sparked controversy when he failed to disavow white supremacy and groups that espouse it, reigniting a national discourse on the racial violence in the U.S. Just days after the widely watched debate, an interview with Texas Congressional District 23 Republican candidate Tony Gonzales struck a similar tone. The Republican candidate, who was endorsed by Trump, would not commit to labeling the Ku Klux Klan as a terrorist organization when put on the spot.
Ahead of his tightly contested race against Gina Ortiz Jones, Gonzales sat down last week with former San Antonio city council candidate Roy Aguillon on his social media talk show, The Carpenter’s Apprentice. The Republican spoke at length about his personal life, growing up without a father and talking to President Trump about reopening ports of entry at the border between Texas and Mexico, where the communities are often intertwined.
But Gonzales became visibly uncomfortable when Aguillon asked him about his views on MS-13 and the KKK.
In June, ahead of Gonzales’ heated Republican primary runoff in Texas Congressional District 23, a super PAC aired an ad for Gonzales, stating he would push for MS-13 — an international criminal gang that operates in the U.S. — to be labeled a terrorist organization. The super PAC, Future Leaders Fund, was launched in 2019 by outgoing Congressman Will Hurd, who has endorsed Gonzales for the race.
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/10/07/congressional-candidate-tony-gonzales-evasive-when-asked-if-kkk-is-a-terrorist-organization/
