{"id":905222,"date":"2024-05-21T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?post_type=gap&p=905222"},"modified":"2024-06-07T17:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T21:40:25","slug":"valentina-gomez","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/valentina-gomez\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentina Gomez"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014<\/span>Posted<\/span><\/a> a video of herself burning LGBTQ-themed books with a flamethrower, declaring, “This is what I will do to the grooming books when I become secretary of state. These books come from a Missouri public library. When I’m in office, they will burn.” X <\/span>restricted<\/span><\/a> the video soon afterward, stating it \u201cmay violate X\u2019s rules against Hateful Conduct.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/span>Told voters<\/span><\/a> via a video post on social media, “In America, you can be anything you want, so don’t be weak and gay. Stay f*cking hard.” The video then cut to a photo of Gomez holding a handgun and an assault rifle. In the video Gomez is jogging wearing a military-style vest. She has not served in the U.S. military. <\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/i><\/a> reported, \u201cObservers <\/span>noted<\/span><\/a> that Gomez\u2019s video was filmed in the Soulard District of St Louis, a historically LGBTQ+ neighborhood.\u201d When readers indicated to Gomez that the rapper Lupe Fiasco, whose music was featured in Gomez\u2019s video, opposes homophobia, Gomez <\/span>posted<\/span><\/a> that \u201c<\/span>@LupeFiasco<\/span><\/a> is weak and gay.\u201d In her <\/span>post<\/span><\/a> on X, Gomez tagged <\/span>Andrew and Tristan Tate<\/span><\/a>, who were arrested last year on rape and human trafficking charges. <\/span>Four more women<\/span><\/a> in the United Kingdom are suing Andrew Tate over purported sexual abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Posted<\/span><\/a> that the Biden administration is \u201cweak and gay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Posted a follow-up campaign video<\/span><\/a>, also jogging, in which she complained that her planned run was ruined by \u201cweak and gay people that always find a way to mess things up, so f*ck you, and watch me become Missouri\u2019s 41st Secretary of State.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Said she plans on receiving an endorsement from Donald Trump. In a statement to the <\/span>Independent<\/span><\/i> she <\/span>baselessly<\/span><\/a> claimed, \u201cI look forward to accepting his endorsement so I can ensure a free and fair election to the people of Missouri, where dead people and illegals will never be voting.\u201d She further spread false election denial claims with a <\/span>post<\/span><\/a> about the printing of ballots. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":905224,"template":"","categories":[139164,139163,138754,139170,138412],"tags":[],"region":[138590],"hashtag":[138632,138634],"class_list":{"0":"post-905222","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-books-and-book-bans","7":"category-elections","8":"category-gaps","9":"category-hate-extremism","10":"category-local-and-regional-news","11":"region-missouri","12":"hashtag-politics","13":"hashtag-trump"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t