A Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives is gaining attention for her latest social media stunt.
Valentina Gomez, running in the GOP primary for Texas’ 31st congressional District posted a video on X Monday of her burning the Quran with a flamethrower.
‘America is a Christian nation, so those terrorist Muslims can *** to any of the 57 Muslim nations. There is only one true God, and that is the God of Israel,’ she said in the video.
This isn’t the first time Gomez has tried to make a national splash by courting controversy.
Earlier this year, Gomez barged on stage during a Muslim event at the Texas Capitol, and used the occasion to decry Islam as the ‘religion of rape, incest, and pedophilia, where they bow down to a stupid rock, and a false prophet.’
Despite Gomez invoking Trump and painting herself as a MAGA candidate, he has not endorsed her.
Per Federal Election Commission records, Gomez has raised just over $7,000 for her race as of June 30th.
Gomez is running in the primary against GOP incumbent John R. Carter who has been office since 2003. Carter won his last election with nearly 65 percent of the vote. Gomez is one of nine candidates challenging Carter in the primary and is considered a long-shot.
Gomez filmed herself with a flamethrower, burning the Quran in a video posted to X on Monday
Valentina Gomez, running in the GOP primary for Texas ‘ 31st congressional District in known for her viral social media clips but has only raised $7,000 for her campaign
During the 2024 election, Gomez turned heads with similar viral stunts during her failed run for secretary of state in Missouri. She finished sixth out of eight candidates in the race, taking home less than 8 percent of the vote.
It is also not the first time Gomez has used a flamethrower to burn books.
Last year, she shared footage of herself setting two pro-LGBTQ books on fire on X.
‘When I’m Secretary of State, I will BURN all books that are grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children. MAGA. America First,’ she wrote along with the video.
The candidate then followed up on her post, complaining that her clip was censored on Instagram and X as it was flagged as hateful conduct.
Gomez also turned heads last year with another video where she told voters not to be ‘weak and gay’
‘In America, you can be anything you want, so don’t be weak and gay,’ Gomez said while jogging in a bulletproof vest in the video posted to her socials. ‘Stay f***ing hard,’ she added at the end of the clip.
After taking a drubbing in her primary race, Gomez continued to make controversial posts.
In December, she sparked outrage by sharing a graphic video simulating the public execution of a migrant.
Gomez, who was born in Colombia, posted the video showing her shooting a hooded dummy restrained to a chair in the back of the head with a handgun.
In that video, she noted: ‘It’s that simple, public executions for any illegal that rapes or kills an American. They don’t deserve deportation, they deserve to be ended.’
The video, which X also censored due to potentially violating their violent speech policy, continued to gain traction.
Gomez does not appear to have an Instagram account after she was banned from the platform last year.
Her rhetoric has also had adverse effects on her brother, who was fired from his job as a political appointee in the office of Democrat Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop.
Jonathan Gomez Noriega was dismissed last year after he was found to have donated to his sister’s political campaign for Missouri Secretary of State.