Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Republicans are grappling with the fallout from Rep. Tony Gonzales’ public comments about his affair with a staffer who later died by suicide, with some GOP operatives branding his response a “total disaster.” Gonzales, a married father of six, acknowledged having an affair with his aide, Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, 35. She died in September after setting herself on fire outside her home in Uvalde, Texas, following her husband Adrian Aviles’ discovery of the relationship after repeated denials. Read more at The Daily Beast.