WR Anthony Gonzalez (2005 All B1G, US Congressman)

[Jaxbuck]

Seems quite a bit of gnashing of teeth for a district that goes "poof" in 2023

Do the people who live there know they are going to go "poof" in a couple of years?

Warning them might be the decent thing to do.

 

[OH10]

Day is the constituents.. Coombs decided what was in the constituents best interest... when the two are non congruent... the constituents will rule... Love Gonzo but he outkicked his coverage.. His constituents told him he was done.

Is there no line in which a Congressional representative can vote against the will of the majority of her/his constituents when the will of the majority is for the representative to do something unlawful or immoral? (That’s a hypothetical, not a statement about whether his impeachment vote qualifies)

For example - and this is just an example - was it the obligation of Southern politicians to fight against civil rights for black Americans because that’s what the majority of their constituents wanted?

I think there’s a line. Gonzo felt the majority of his constituents (or at least the majority of the voters in his primary) crossed it.

 

[Steve19]

Much of this discussion actually belongs in the poliforum. The Oxford dictionary defines integrity as: "the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change." I think Buckeye fans, regardless of their political views, should be proud of Gonzo as a person of the highest integrity.

 

[ScriptOhio]