Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores (GOP) accused of cribbing others' pictures of Mexican food as her own cooking

[Demovictory9]

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/03/mayra-flores-mexican-food-photos/

Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores accused of cribbing others’ pictures of Mexican food as her own cooking

In a bizarre micro-scandal that some have dubbed “GrubGate,” a former GOP congresswoman who is running for her old seat in South Texas is being accused of routinely stealing photos of Mexican food from other social media accounts and passing them off as her own cooking.

Earlier this week, Mayra Flores, the first Mexican-born woman to serve in Congress, posted a photo on social media that she described as “gorditas de masa" with the caption, “the Ranch life with family is the best.”



Soon after, a user on X, formerly known as Twitter, pointed out that that the image was previously posted on a Facebook page, “Visit Guyana,” in March 2022. Others said that the food in the photo was not gorditas de masa. That prompted the conservative website Current Revolt to dig further into Flores’ social media accounts, where they found numerous other posts in which Flores used others’ photos of campfire cooking or homemade tortillas to illustrate her own idyllic life on a ranch.

“As a proud Latina who knows how to cook, homemade Mexican food tastes better from a gas stove,” she wrote alongside one photo of eggs and tortillas on what appears to be a wood-burning stove. The photo was initially posted on Facebook in 2021 by a Spanish-language magazine.

[TwilightZone]

1. Someone should tell her about Google image searches.

It's extremely easy to find prior sources of images, especially if they aren't edited.

Before I left Facebook a few years ago, a friend of a friend kept posting weather photos that he claimed that he was taking himself. He didn't bother editing them, so they were easy to find in reverse searches, plus he didn't bother removing some of the imprints of the storm-chasing organization he stole them from.

[spooky3]

2. I'm sure all those who clamored for Dr. Gay's resignation will call for Ms. Flores'. Nt

[TheProle]

3. Resign from running?

[gratuitous]

4. Let's see if the New York Times picks it up

After all, Dr. Gay was one of the top 5 featured stories in the Times on December 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 22, and 25, because the story was that important. I'm confident that Ms. Flores will receive similar coverage from the self-styled Newspaper of Record.

[area51]

5. All nazi party members know how to do

is lie/cheat/steal/project.

[Cha]

10. Rec TY

[UTUSN]

6. Sadly, she's running again.

[tanyev]

7. It seems like such a ridiculous thing to lie about.

If you want to post pictures of food you’ve cooked, then cook something and take a picture of it. If you don’t want to cook, then don’t post pictures claiming that you do.

But why lie about it over and over again?

[Demovictory9]

8. See George Santos and Trump

[Cha]

11. BC she's a stupid member oof the

fascist party.

[Cha]

9. I remember her.. she's a fucking MAGA Twit .. What?

does anyone expect anything better than this from the brainwasher?

TY.. I was hopoing to see some pics, tho.