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A Washington Post opinion piece today highlighted the extreme, “erratic” GOP nominees that are running in competitive House races across the country – with records that include accusations of domestic abuse, believing alien lizards control the government, and theorizing that rape victims are less likely to get pregnant.
The piece points out that Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), “a Texas nominee and top GOP recruit, was accused in a court filing a year ago of ‘cruel and aggressive conduct’ toward her then-husband’s 14-year-old daughter, including pinching the teen to stop her from crying[.]”
“The Republicans running for Congress this cycle are dangerous, extreme, and out of touch, and none more so than Monica De La Cruz,” said DCCC spokesperson Monica Robinson. “The allegations of De La Cruz’s abusive behavior are serious and her extremism will cost her at the ballot box in November.”
Washington Post: Opinion: Think you already know crazy? Meet the House GOP Class of ’22.
By Dana Milbank
October 7, 2022
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“Can we have order in the House? Not if this crowd takes over.”
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“Much of the public focus in the midterm elections has been on the, er, exotic nature of the Republic nominees in Senate and gubernatorial races, and understandably so […] But GOP nominees for the House are no less erratic — just less well known.”
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“Then there are: the Texas woman accused by her estranged husband of cruelty toward his teenage daughter; the Colorado woman who backed an effort to secede from her state; the Virginia woman who speculated that rape victims wouldn’t get pregnant; and the Wisconsin man who used campaign funds from his failed 2020 race to come to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, where he apparently breached Capitol barricades.”
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“And that’s on top of a larger group of GOP nominees in deep-red congressional districts who are a motley assortment of election deniers, climate-change deniers, QAnon enthusiasts and Jan. 6 participants who propose to abolish the FBI and ban abortion with no exceptions, among other things.”
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“Some won nominations despite efforts by party leadership to stop them and continue without financial support from the National Republican Congressional Committee.”
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“Maybe this is why Kevin McCarthy, the man who as House speaker would have the task of leading this rogues’ gallery, calls his agenda a ‘Commitment to America.’ Many members of his new majority might be good candidates for commitment.”
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“Overlapping with the Insurrection Caucus are those with qualifications that might, at best, be called unconventional. Monica De La Cruz, a Texas nominee and top GOP recruit, was accused in a court filing a year ago of ‘cruel and aggressive conduct’ toward her then-husband’s 14-year-old daughter, including pinching the teen to stop her from crying; she denies the claim.”
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“The House Republican Class of ’22 will be many things, but ‘boring’ is not one of them.”
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