Former Texas GOP representative: Trump must have very little or no role in the Republican Party

Former Texas GOP representative: Trump must have very little or no role in the Republican Party

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Former Representative Will HurdWilliam Ballard Hurd Former deputy Will Hurd announces book contract that House must override Trump’s veto for the first time. (R-Texas) said on Sunday that the GOP must have little or nothing to do with the old President TrumpDonald TrumpGovernors in trouble because of their response to the DOJ coronavirus investigating whether Alex Jones and Roger Stone played a role in the January 6 riots: Did WaPo Biden just endorse ‘human rights with Chinese characteristics’? MOST after the violent riot at the US Capitol on January 6.

In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, Hurd argued that the Republican Party had lost both houses of Congress and the White House in the past four years as a direct result of the former president.

“I think very little, if any,” said Hurd when asked about the role Trump should play in the future of the GOP. “This is a president who lost the House, the Senate and the White House in four years. I think the last person to do that was Herbert Hoover, and that was during the Great Depression.”

“We should be talking to dissatisfied Democrats” who do not support ideas like reducing funding for law enforcement or expanding immigration, Hurd added, pointing to the failure of House Democrats to win any seats for Republicans during the November elections.

The former congressman went on to say that his party was likely to gain control of the House next year, given the party’s traditional performance in controlling the White House during the midterm elections, but argued that such a prospect would be impossible if O GOP was still focused on arguments about whether Trump won the 2020 election.

“We have an opportunity, but we cannot do that if we are talking about the lies of an election that went wrong or succumbed to conspiracy theories,” he added.

Hurd left Congress in January after announcing his retirement in 2019; he was succeeded as a congressman for the 23rd district of Texas by deputy Tony Gonzales (R).

Formerly the only black member of the Republican Party caucus, Hurd made headlines last year when he joined protesters marching in protest at the death of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

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