Rather than face a hearing on a petition seeking his removal from office for refusing to protect the citizens of Nueces County, Democrat Texas District Attorney Mark Gonzalez resigned Tuesday, then announced his candidacy for Republican incumbent Ted Cruz’s Senate seat.

On September 12, a hearing at Nueces County Courthouse was scheduled regarding a petition to remove Gonzalez from office, which cites several charges of the George Soros-aligned district attorney’s dereliction of duty, including:

D.A. Gonzalez has described himself as a “Mexican biker lawyer covered in tattoos” - one of which reads “Not Guilty.”

In his resignation letter, Gonzalez announces that he is seeking election to the U.S. Senate and blames “MAGA-aligned political radicals intended to end my term early, weaponizing our already overworked courts to remove me from office.”

However, Gonzalez then defends himself by citing Democrats’ own politically-motivated weaponization of the justice system against the leading Republican candidate for president:

“I refuse to play this rigged Republican game, particularly considering the Republicans’ hypocrisy, as their presumptive presidential nominee is under indictment in four jurisdictions across this beautiful country and no less revered.”