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The Colombian Valentina Gomez has caused a stir on social media after he explicitly said during his campaign as a candidate for the United States Congress from Texas that undocumented immigrants who commit crimes against Americans should be publicly executed.
In a powerful and controversial video, the woman of Colombian origin, carries a gun and shoots at a mannequin tied to a chair, then says: “It's that simple. Public executions for any illegal who rapes or kills an American. They don't deserve deportation, they deserve to be terminated.”
The video, which was broadcast on January 18, has been removed from the social network X, where it was first broadcast through Valentina Gómez's account.
Gómez belongs to the extreme republican wing and puts his Christianity as part of his banner.
“I’m running for Congress in Texas and I’m going to take down a rhino and a dinosaur once and for all, because Congress is filled with criminals like Speaker Johnson, who is nothing but a little man with no balls who funds Ukraine and betrays the American people every chance he gets. And Dan Crenshaw, who only serves to betray his fellow Navy Seals. I’m 25 years old, with an MBA, fluent in several languages, a former NCAA Division 1 swimmer, and with many more accolades to my name, but this is the only reason you should vote for me: because I don’t give a damn what all these Washington DC bureaucrats think of me. I’m coming to Texas to tell the truth, cook criminals, and save children. Buckle up Texas, because this ain’t my first rodeo,” says the candidate in one of her videos.
He also wrote: “I am not afraid of PDFs, nor of criminals, nor of Washington criminals. I only fear God.”
Valentina Gomez has an online store where she sells products such as sweatshirts and caps to finance her campaign. The slogan “Don't Be Weak and Gay” abounds in it.
The responses were not long in coming and the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, himself spoke out on the matter.
“She is not just an American fascist. She is Colombian. And being a migrant, what she wants is to unleash hatred against migrants. Most Americans are killed by Americans,” Petro said through his X account.
For its part, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has strongly condemned the call for public executions made on social media by Valentina Gómez.
Gomez's video, she said in a statement, glorifies the kind of vigilantism that has had deadly consequences in the United States and fuels the anti-immigrant lie.
“LULAC denounces violent crimes in our nation and expresses its deepest condolences to its victims and their loved ones,” said Roman Palomares, national president and chairman of the board. “However, we believe in the Christian principles of justice, not retribution. Using public executions as a hook for a politically motivated message fuels blind hatred. This type of language is intended to appeal to an extremist base of individuals who believe the lie that all immigrants are here to harm others.”
LULAC Texas also deplored the irresponsible actions of the candidate seeking public office.
“The mass shooting at the Walmart in El Paso killed 23 people and injured 22 precisely because of racial hate speech. Social media should ban this type of reckless display of attention-getting,” said LULAC Texas State Director Gabriel Rosales.
“Every person subject to deportation has the right to due process,” said Gloria Leal, general counsel for LULAC.
“Such social media posts incite violence and vigilantism, and we do not support them,” he said.
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