Rep. Van Taylor Drops Out After Admitting Affair With ‘Isis Bride’
Taylor’s shocking withdrawal from the 2022 congressional race came just hours after he finished his 5-wayTexas Republican primary with 49% of the vote. Not enough to avoid a runoff but not too shabby given that MAGA world had set its sights on ousting Taylor for acknowledging Joe Biden's 2020 victory and having voted for a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection. That’s not the committee we eventually got, which he opposed, but no matter.
The Texas Tribune has more:
The day before the primary, the conservative outlet Breitbart News posted a story that Taylor had had a monthslong affair with a Plano woman, Tania Joya, who he had paid $5,000 to keep quiet. The publication reported that she provided it a phone screen shot purporting to be communications with Taylor and a bank record showing that she deposited $5,000 into her account. The Texas Tribune has not been able to independently verify the report.
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Joya is known as a former jihadist who was once married to a commander for the Islamic State. Tabloids have referred to her as “ISIS bride.”