A married-with-kids Texas congressman abruptly dropped his bid for reelection Wednesday after admitting he had an affair with a woman who has been …
A married-with-kids Texas congressman abruptly dropped his bid for reelection Wednesday after admitting he had an affair with a woman who has been described as an ex-jihadist “ISIS bride.” Republican Rep. Van Taylor,49, was headed for a GOP runoff with Keith Self following Tuesday’s primary election for Texas’ 3rd Congressional District when he sent an email to supporters announcing he was dropping out, giving Self the nomination. “Today I am announcing I will not continue my campaign to seek re-election to Congress,” Taylor wrote in the email, according to the Dallas Morning News. “About a year ago, I made a horrible mistake that has caused deep hurt and pain among those I love most in this world. I had an affair, it was wrong, and it was the greatest failure of my life.” “I want to apologize for the pain I have caused with my indiscretion, most of all to my wife Anne and our three daughters,” he wrote. Just before Tuesday’s primary, the conservative news outlet National File revealed Taylor’s affair with British native Tania Joya – the widow of John Georgelas, an American who joined ISIS in 2013. Joya,38, claimed she and Taylor were “very close” after meeting through her work helping to reprogram extremists that she started after returning to the US from Syria, the Dallas Morning News reported.
