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Missouri GOP candidate takes a flamethrower to ‘grooming’ and ‘sexualizing’ books in a viral video, check it out Below
Missouri secretary of state Republican candidate Valentina Gomez took a flamethrower to “grooming, indoctrinating and sexualizing” books in a campaign video on Tuesday.
The video, which has over 1 million views, featured the 24-year-old GOP candidate holding the weapon in a backyard.
“When I’m Secretary of State, I will BURN all books that are grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children. MAGA. America First,” her X post read.
“These books come from a Missouri Public Library. When I am in office, they will burn,” she added.
The video concluded with an image of herself holding a large gun followed by her campaign poster.
The books featured in the video included “Naked: Not Your Average Sex Encyclopedia” written by Myriam Daguzan Bernier and “Queer, 2nd Edition: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens” by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke.
Gomez’s post resembled a similar one featuring Missouri state senator and 2024 GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel. In the video, Eigel could be seen shooting flames at cardboard boxes with state Sen. Nick Schroer, another Missouri Republican, during the St. Charles County Freedom Fest event outside St. Louis on Sept. 15.
“In the video, I am taking a flame thrower(sic) to cardboard boxes representing what I am going to do to the leftist policies and RINO corruption of the Jeff City swamp,” Eigel wrote on X. “But let’s be clear, you bring those woke pornographic books to Missouri schools to try to brainwash our kids, and I’ll burn those too – on the front lawn of the governor’s mansion.”
Missouri GOP candidate Valentina Gomez went viral this week for a video posted to X in which she takes a flamethrower to books she says are “grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children.”
The video, which has over 1 million views, featured the 24-year-old GOP candidate holding the weapon in a backyard.
The heat is on…
First Alert 4′s sister station was also at the event, which included a talk by Riley Gaines, who advocates to keep trans women out of women’s sports. Gomez was interviewed.
“I’m fighting the political machine, I’m not backed by any special interests,” said Gomez. “Let’s get, excuse my language, our s*** together and pull up our pants and fight back.”
Gomez is seeking the job as Missouri Secretary of State, who runs state elections, but also is in charge of state funding for libraries.
‘I’m gonna defund all the libraries that are having LGBTQ, DEI, Critical Race Theory material in the children’s section,” said Gomez.
And while the Secretary of State does control state funding for libraries, local libraries are primarily funded at the local level, with their own library boards that make taxing decisions.
Gomez said she is a “self-made millionaire” and went to Tulane, where she competed in D1 swimming.
She was born in Colombia. She also is a vocal opponent of illegal immigration.
THE LGBTQ’s Take?
“It’s extremely problematic. That type of hate-filled rhetoric has deadly consequences in our community,” said Brittany Dyer.
Brittany and Heather Dyer have been a couple for 11 years and live in Springfield, Missouri. They’re especially alarmed by Gomez as she continues to campaign against LGBTQ books in public libraries.
“DEI, LGBTQ and Critical Race Theory ends the second I get into office,” said Gomez in a video on X.
“Obviously. the rhetoric is beyond hateful and bigoted,” said Heather Dyer.
The couple saw Gomez at an event at a Springfield library last week, where Gomez can be seen holding two LBGTQ books.
