{"id":221021,"date":"2026-04-20T04:49:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=221021"},"modified":"2026-04-20T04:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:49:03","slug":"second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=221021","title":{"rendered":"Second ex-staffer accuses Texas lawmaker of sending sexually explicit messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Tony Gonzales ended re-election bid in March after admitting to having affair with a different aideSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA second former female staffer for Tony Gonzales, a Republican congressman from Texas, has come forward claiming Gonzales sent her sexually explicit messages.The San Antonio Express-News first reported the text messages on Monday and NBC News later confirmed the report&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/06\/tony-gonzales-texas-staffers-accusations\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Tony Gonzales ended re-election bid in March after admitting to having affair with a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221021-second-ex-staffer-accuses-texas-lawmaker-of-sending-sexually-explicit-messages.jpg",140,112,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=14\" rel=\"category\">BREAKING NEWS<\/a>","tag_info":"BREAKING NEWS","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}