This blog is originally appeared at LGBTQ Nation

Valentina Gomez has arrived in Texas.

Valentina Gomez, who ran for Missouri Secretary of State this year using slurs and hateful rhetoric during her failed campaign, has now relocated to Texas and is running for Congress. She continues to promote extreme anti-LGBTQ+ views while also attempting to capitalize on her social media following.

In a video posted to her platform, she declares, “I’m running for Congress in Texas, and I’m taking down a RINO and a dinosaur once and for all because Congress is full of crooks like Speaker [Mike] Johnson, who is just a little man with no balls who funds Ukraine. And Dan Crenshaw, who is only good at betraying his fellow Navy Seals.”

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) represents Texas’ Second Congressional District, which encompasses the northern and eastern suburbs of Houston. The term “RINO,” which stands for “Republican in name only,” is often used by Republicans to accuse fellow party members of not being conservative enough.

Gomez did not clarify how she is running for office in Texas so soon after her campaign in Missouri, but she did promise that she’s “coming to Texas to speak the truth, cook the crooks, and save the children.”

“Buckle up, Texas, because this ain’t my first rodeo,” she added. Her “first rodeo” likely refers to the GOP primary for Missouri Secretary of State earlier this year, where she finished a distant sixth place.

In a video posted to X just yesterday, Gomez announced that she is now accepting subscriptions on the platform, allowing people to pay for access to exclusive content. She boldly stated that “0% of the profits will go to an LGBTQ cause.” In the video, she claimed she would be “catching a pedophile” and shooting a gun, among other actions, all while wearing a shirt that read, “Don’t be weak and gay.”

Earlier this week, Gomez made the unfounded claim that “the LGBTQ is a terrorist organization,” despite the fact that “LGBTQ” does not refer to any kind of organization. She went on to assert, “If they can’t groom your children, they will kill them,” adding that “pedophiles that hide under the LGBTQ flag are the next mass shooters.” She also said, “Christians are being hunted and killed and now multiple kids in a Christian school are dead,” referencing the school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin earlier this week. However, the shooter was not LGBTQ+ in any way, and evidence suggests she had been influenced by neo-Nazis and far-right ideologies.

Gomez has a long history of using anti-gay slurs, including during her failed campaign for Missouri Secretary of State, where she recently referred to anyone who didn’t vote for her as a “faot.” One of her main campaign slogans was “Don’t be weak and gay,” and she gained attention earlier this year when a video of her running in a Kevlar vest went viral. In the video, she said, “In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay. Stay fking hard.”

Her extreme rhetoric also cost her a job with Nestle Purina. After being let go for her anti-LGBTQ+ actions, she posted a video saying, “Today, I fired them. No amount of money, stock, or bullying will make me compromise my values. So I will never support a company that wants to empower and protect pedophiles and groomers in our schools and libraries.”

As her primary campaign drew closer, Gomez became more unhinged, regularly calling LGBTQ+ people “pedophiles.” She even posted a video this past week where she used the slur “fa***ts,” falsely claimed that unnamed individuals tried to poison her dogs, and referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as an “Indian hoe.” She also made derogatory remarks about Democrats, saying they are all “gay, vaccinated, and cannot reproduce.”