GOP candidate who torched LGBTQ-inclusive books finishes 6th in Missouri primary
Valentina Gomez, the GOP candidate who torched LGBTQ books in a campaign ad, came in sixth in the Missouri primary for secretary of state.
A political hopeful who made national headlines this year with viral anti-LGBTQ campaign videos lost her bid to become Missouri’s Republican candidate for secretary of state.
Valentina Gomez, a self-described “America First-Maga” Republican, came in sixth in Tuesday’s eight-person primary, with 7.4% of the vote. Missouri state Sen. Denny Hoskins won with 24.4% and will face Missouri state Rep. Barbara Phifer, a Democrat, and Carl Herman Freese, a Libertarian, in November.
When asked Wednesday about the results, Gomez said she “made history in the name of Jesus Christ.”
“I was a nobody and God transformed me into one of the most feared, respected, and loved women in American Politics. I put the fear of God in pedophiles, groomers, and corrupt politicians. I never sold out, spoke the truth, and did the right thing for the American people,” she wrote in an email, using language that has become popular among the anti-LGBTQ movement.
Gomez first made national headlines in February when she set LGBTQ-inclusive books on fire with a flamethrower, pledging to ban such books if she were elected Missouri’s secretary of state.
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