'He will never let you down' Trump endorses candidate Brandon Herrera
Trump endorsed Herrera in the Texas 23rd District race and praised him as a supporter of his agenda.

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- Track record — El Paso Times is an established regional newspaper.
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The article gives a timely account of the endorsement and quotes the candidates’ and Trump’s posts. It is brief and relies mainly on those statements, with little independent context or response from the other candidate.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article presents the endorsement and Herrera’s response, but does not include a perspective from his Democratic opponent or other independent sources. Its brief account of Gonzales’s exit supplies relevant context.
- Source diversity — Most quoted material comes from Trump and Herrera’s social-media posts.
- Counterarguments presented — No opposing candidate’s view of the endorsement is included.
- Loaded language — The article’s own wording is generally restrained, though it includes Trump’s favorable endorsement language.
The article reports the endorsement and campaign context in straightforward language, largely quoting the participants’ own statements without an evident partisan argument.
- Language tone — The reporting is mostly factual and attributes the endorsement language to Trump.
- Source selection — The article quotes Trump and Herrera; it does not include a response from the other candidate.
- Framing — The article centers on the endorsement and gives background on Gonzales’s exit.
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Republished from El Paso Times, with credit to the original publisher.
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Donald Trump endorsed Texas House candidate Brandon Herrera on March 11, after Rep. Tony Gonzales left the race amid an affair scandal and an Ethics Committee investigation. Herrera thanked Trump and said he would take the fight to Democrats in November.
Trump announced his endorsement of Herrera, a gun activist and YouTube personality running in Texas’ 23rd District. Trump called him an “America First Patriot” and said Herrera would advance his agenda, including on the economy, taxes, elections and border security.
Herrera thanked Trump for the endorsement and said it was time to take the fight to Democrats in November. Democrat Katy Padilla Stout is also running in the race. Gonzales dropped out after Republican leaders called on him to leave and an Ethics Committee investigation into his conduct began; he had publicly addressed his affair with an aide on a podcast on March 4.
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SWIPE →Republican candidate for Texas’s 23rd Congressional District
Herrera's version of this story ↗Democratic candidate in the Texas 23rd District race
Representative who dropped out of the Texas 23rd District race
Part of a bigger story
11 OUTLETSOutlets agree that President Donald Trump endorsed Brandon Herrera for Texas’s 23rd Congressional District after incumbent Tony Gonzales withdrew from the race. Center outlets place the endorsement in the context of Gonzales’s departure and the race’s next steps, with some also emphasizing scrutiny of Herrera’s past remarks. Right-leaning outlets connect Trump’s backing to Herrera’s support for the president’s agenda, while also covering controversy over Herrera’s past Nazi-related videos.
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