Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) has proven that he’s willing to tell the awkward truths that other Republicans want to avoid. He told The Daily Beast that’s exactly what he’s going for.
Rep. Troy Nehls has proven that he’s willing to tell the awkward truths that other Republicans want to avoid. He told The Daily Beast that’s exactly what he’s going for.On Capitol Hill, reporters know how to find Texas Republican Troy Nehls.
“I didn't come up here to make friends,” Nehls told The Daily Beast last week in between drags from his cigar—this time perched in a black leather chair in his congressional office. Even by the standards of a House Republican majority that has gleefully discarded norms of decorum and discretion, Nehls is distinct for so often saying the quiet part out loud—boldly acknowledging political calculations reserved for closed-door discussions and slinging insults that others hide behind anonymously.
Originally from Wisconsin, Nehls has spent nearly three decades in law enforcement in Texas and 21 years in the U.S. Army Reserve. He has three daughters, and calls himself a proud “cheer dad.”In 2020, when Nehls ran for his southeast Texas congressional seat against Kulkarni, the district was competitive. But he didn’t act like a swing district candidate: thethat said, “FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM.
Perhaps nothing tells the story of that shift more vividly than the change in Nehls’ State of the Union demeanor. Last Thursday,Wearing a blazer and an American flag bow tie around his neck—without a collar—Nehls looked like a MAGA fever dream come to life. He appeared ready to pounce at every Biden slip-up.
Nehls has more firsthand familiarity with the effect of those lies than most people. Standing in the House chamber on Thursday night wearing Trump’s mugshot, Nehls was just feet away from rioters on Jan. 6 when he confronted them through the same doorway Biden walked out of Thursday night. The rioters stood on the other side, after punching out the glass, trying to get into the chamber.
While he made clear that he condemns anyone who broke windows or hurt Capitol Police, Nehls told The Daily Beast that if those who entered the Capitol wanted to stage a coup, they would have caused more harm.If you wanted to really overthrow the government and cause an insurrection, they could have taken the flags,” he said. “They could have punched holes in the paintings. They could have taken the statutes—every state gets two statues—they could have taken them, dumped them all.
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