Republican Who Said ‘Don’t Be Weak And Gay’ Declares Next Move | EUROtoday

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Valentina Gomez, the Republican who produced outrageous anti-gay movies in a dropping bid to turn out to be Missouri’s secretary of state earlier this yr, isn’t giving up on politics simply but. (Watch the video under.)

In a video on X, previously Twitter, on Wednesday, Gomez introduced she is operating for Congress in Texas ― whereas suggesting she may need designs on the seat that Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) simply received once more. And she did all of it in her acquainted bombastic model.

“I’m running for Congress in Texas and I’m taking down a RINO and a dinosaur once and for all, because Congress is full of crooks like Speaker [Mike] Johnson, who is just a little man with no balls that funds Ukraine and betrays the American people every chance he gets,” Gomez declared. “And Dan Crenshaw, who is only good at betraying his fellow Navy SEALs.”

Gomez then pivoted to what she mentioned had been her attributes.

“I’m 25 with an MBA, fluent in multiple languages, former NCAA Division I swimmer, and with many more accolades to my name,” she mentioned. “But here’s the only reason why you should vote for me: because I don’t give a fuck what all those bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., think about me. I’m coming to Texas to speak the truth, cook the crooks and save the children. Buckle up, Texas, because this ain’t my first rodeo.”

The video ends with a picture of Gomez toting a gun ― an enormous one.

Gomez has confirmed she will be able to appeal to an internet viewers with hate. She appeared to burn LGBTQ-related books in a single video throughout her marketing campaign for secretary of state, a job that features oversight of Missouri’s libraries. In one other, she admonished viewers: “In America, you can be anything you want, so don’t be weak and gay.” She additionally instructed Black individuals looking for reparations to “get the fuck out” of the nation.

Her viewers on X didn’t mirror her competitiveness within the Republican main for secretary of state. She completed sixth in an eight-person subject in August.

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“Missouri wasn’t ready for me, so I’m going to fight for Texas,” she defined on X on Wednesday.

Gomez didn’t reply to emailed questions on her congressional run or her declare about Crenshaw, however did take a shot at HuffPost and different “fake news media” in a press release that she requested we embrace “in its entirety”:

I belief my Bible, my rifle, and X. Not media like CNN, MSNBC, HuffPost and different pretend information media.

I’m excited to characterize the individuals of Texas in Congress. Texas wants a fighter who speaks the reality, cooks the crooks, and saves kids.

Rinos, Dinosaurs, and traitors have their days numbered.

My workforce can be sending authorized notices to Meta, Tik Tok, and Wikipedia to reinstate my accounts and pages with over 100,000 followers. Otherwise, they might be interfering in a Federal election.

I put the concern of God on pedophiles, criminals, and now, the crooks in Washington DC.

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