Missouri GOP Candidate Says 'Don't Be Weak And Gay' In Bonkers Campaign Video
A Missouri secretary of state candidate tells voters “don’t be weak and gay” in an actual campaign ad derided as “beyond cringe” and a “trainwreck” by viewers on social media. (Watch the video below.)
Valentina Gomez is seen jogging through the heavily LGBTQ+ Soulard district in St. Louis, according to the Advocate, as she spews her homophobia.
“In America, you can be anything you want, so don’t be weak and gay,” she said in the clip posted Sunday to X, formerly Twitter. “Stay fucking hard.” The video then cuts to a photo of her with a gun.
🚨Don’t be weak and gay🚨August 6th is the day we take Missouri back from these corrupt politicians. @Cobratate@TateTheTalisman🔥MAGA pic.twitter.com/sKoY650Dmw
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS) May 13, 2024
Gomez, a MAGA-aligned Republican who’s a real estate investor, is among many seeking the GOP nomination in the Aug. 6 primary. The current secretary of state, Republican Jay Ashcroft, is running for governor.
One of her campaign promises is to “BURN all books that are grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children.” She made that statement in February while torching LGBTQ+-themed books she said were from the public library, which she would oversee if elected.
When Instagram removed the video, Gomez told HuffPost: “Just like President Trump, I am one of the most suppressed voices on Instagram.”
Trump won Missouri by a landslide in the 2020 election and is polling in that direction against President Joe Biden for 2024.
Gomez, who appeared to be wearing a weighted vest or bulletproof garment in her commercial, caught plenty of flak on X:
Nothing displays weakness more than taking a morning jog with a Kevlar vest on.
— John Shannon (#RadioJohn) 🎙️🚕🌊💙🗳️ (@JohnRadioTFI) May 14, 2024
HAHAHAHAHA is this real? Oh my god what a trainwreck.
— Conservative Women Are Fancy Doormats 🇺🇸 (@CarolLago128065) May 14, 2024
Beyond cringe. This is frickin' horrible.
— Jenn Ecks Redux (@CactusCat236) May 14, 2024
Not the flex you think it is.
Have the day you deserve.— Travis Matthew (@Matthewtravis08) May 14, 2024
Literal homophobia 💀
— Hunter Allen 🇺🇸 (@Hunter_Allen8) May 14, 2024
So afraid you can’t go anywhere without your guns and bullet proof vest? So sad or you live in Russia
— Freedom For All (@Youtalkingtume) May 14, 2024
MAGA destroys everything. This is PEAK cringe 😬
— Kate Smith 🐊🇺🇸 (@naturllyblnde) May 14, 2024