Texas Republican Proposes Public Executions of Undocumented Immigrants.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

Valentina Gomez, a Texas Republican, drew sharp criticism after suggesting undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes should be publicly executed.

In a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, Gomez simulated shooting a migrant, claiming the measure would serve as a deterrent. Her remarks, following a high-profile subway murder in New York City where the suspect is an undocumented immigrant, ignited a firestorm of backlash online.
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[A] dummy representing an undocumented migrant in the video was seen tied to a chair with their hands duct taped behind their back. Their face was covered with a hood.

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They'll be using firing squads until the ovens are ready.

[chouchou]

1. ..and if some poor bastard happened to be framed?

[magicarpet]

13. Oops,.. a mistake.

God will sort things out once they get to heaven. God & Jeebuzz are so ever merciful and just.

Amen

[rampartd]

18. i'm also happy that jesus will be driving out the demons that cause polio

incredible that millions of americans voted for a guy because they believe he will bring the world to an end.

[AverageOldGuy]

42. Reduce the excess population

[Ray Bruns]

48. "If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population"

Some people learned the wrong lesson from A Christmas Carol

[Kablooie]

43. It's just an immigrant, not a person so it doesn't matter.

This is where they are headed.
The 4th reich is approaching.

[LeftInTX]

58. She's an immigrant herself from Medellin, Colombia. She's not even living in Texas. She's living in NJ or MO

She's claiming she's gonna run for congress in Texas against Dan Crenshaw.
Her video shooting the dummy is not filmed in Texas. Vegetation is wrong.

She recently swam for Colombia's national team ( Her mom competed in the Olympics for Colombia)

[Deuxcents]

2. What is wrong with some people? This is intolerable barbarism and we, the people, need to make that clear

[Iris]

71. It truly is. I continue to be disgusted by these people

[Wonder Why]

3. Public execution of idiot Texas repugs sounds like a better alternative.

[AZ8theist]

45. ya beat me to it!!

Let's start with that asshole AG in Texas....

[wnylib]

56. For crimes against humanity.

Kidnapping children from their parents and putting them in cages, killing thousands of people with neglect, disinformation, and withholding tests, treatment and protective equipment during a deadly pandemic.

That's just for starters.

[Oneear]

4. GOP Wants a River of Blood in Texas

Texas does not want Peace, Love, Joy, Mercy, Grace, Hope, Humble

[MagickMuffin]

41. False, this Texan does and so do a lot of other Texans

Texas isn’t the problem it is the gop in our government.

[leftieNanner]

54. I really thought you might

Dump Ted this time.

There are a lot of good folks in the line star state.

[Liberal In Texas]

76. Billionaires funding propaganda.

Same reason Kamala didn't win.

[LeftInTX]

66. She's currently residing in NJ and ran for office in Missouri. She's from Medellin, Colombia.

Her brother in NJ got fired because he was active in her Missouri campaign. (He was doing LGBT outreach in Jersey and her campaign consisted of burning effigies of LGBT books)

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

5. Bloodthirstiness is baked into the name Texas.

[LeftInTX]

67. She's from Jersey City. She ran for office in Missouri. Immigrant from Medellin, Colombia.

She's not even in Texas at the moment. She's just claiming that she's gonna run here. Kinda like Kyle Rittenhouse claiming he was gonna go to Texas A&M.

[aeromanKC]

6. Sooooooo, death penalty for misdemeanor's

That might even pass this MAGA SCOTUS. 🙄

[jimfields33]

25. This is her statement

she says, “It’s that simple: public executions for any illegal that rapes or kills an American.”


No I don’t agree with it. But nothing about misdemeanors.

[Ferrets are Cool]

32. Well, why stop there....lets go for the whole bag of enchilada's....lets execute EVERY rapist, including her pResident.

What a stupid person.

[AZ8theist]

46. Musk is illegal. And he's raping the environment in south Texas. So....?

[aeromanKC]

59. Thought I saw that crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor.

Actually, if that is the case then pretty sure 8th amendment would be argued. But again with this SCOTUS.............🙄

[Unladen Swallow]

77. I'm not so sure about public executions

but I do agree that rape and murder should have extraordinarily dire consequences.

[Timeflyer]

7. The pro-life party.

[travelingthrulife]

8. A good Christian, no doubt.

[Arazi]

9. Going full Nazi with extrajudicial executions

Even symbolically is grim. This “othering” is reminiscent of how Jews became dehumanized in 1930s Germany.

[Dennis Donovan]

10. San Antonio Express-News Editorial: Valentina Gomez's mock execution of immigrant an ugly reflection of values

San Antonio Express-News Editorial - Valentina Gomez's mock execution of immigrant an ugly reflection of values

This video is ugly and disturbing, but we don't believe it reflects the hearts and minds of Americans.

By San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board,
Opinion Staff
Dec 26, 2024



/snip/

She fires the gun without looking, a plume of smoke rising as she says, “It’s that simple: public executions for any illegal that rapes or kills an American.”

Is this what we have become? Seriously? We're reduced to the absurdity of obscure congressional candidates — she is challenging U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw in the 2026 GOP primary — playing make-believe about executions to garner millions of views on social media.

Any act of violence should be condemned, and when they happen, due process is afforded through the criminal justice. Immigrants do commit crimes, sometimes violent ones. But it’s also worth repeating that as myriad studies have shown, immigrants do not commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born Americans. Along these lines, the American Immigration Council has reported that as the immigration population grew in the United States between 1980 and 2022, the crime rate declined.

Crime is often used to scapegoat immigrants, and while those who commit crimes should be held accountable for their actions, we often turn to Matthew 25 to invoke a more humane outlook toward others: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

How we punish criminals, whether native-born or immigrant, is ultimately a reflection of our values and humanity. This video, then, is an ugly reflection. But it is one that we don't believe, even at this polarizing time, reflects the hearts and minds of voters.

/snip

[Clouds Passing]

21. Ugly human with poison thinkng

[hadEnuf]

78. Fascist bitch.

[Clouds Passing]

79. Facist skank

I love my bitches, they were the best dogs ever!

[maxrandb]

27. Bullshit!

This precisely "reflects the hearts and minds of voters" in the right majority combination of states.

It may not reflect what is in some "hearts and minds", but it reflects Donnie Dipshit voters to a tee.

And please, FUCK THE GOD DAMNED MEDIA WHO HAVE SPENT 50 YEARS PROPPING THIS ORANGE FUCKSTICK UP, AND TEN YEARS TELLING AMERICANS THAT HE'S "JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAME COIN"

You built this monstrosity media...FUCKING OWN IT!!!!!!!!

[LeftInTX]

60. She's from Medellin, Colombia BTW. She recently competed on Colombia's swim team.

[sop]

33. MAGA political campaign ads have become Snuff Videos.

[AZ8theist]

47. Looks like a bad "beach built body" or whatever on that one.....

[dem4decades]

52. I've read history, is her next step the gas chambers?

[Liberal In Texas]

11. She's a carpet bagger from Missouri

Her bold rhetoric ultimately did not play well with voters. Gomez gained only 7.4 per cent of the vote with finishing sixth out of eight candidates in the race for Missouri Secretary of State.

Last week she announced that she was running for Congress in Texas and relocating to the state to challenge Republican congressman Dan Crenshaw’s seat. “I don’t fear pdfs, criminals, or the crooks in DC. I only fear God,” she wrote in a post announcing the move.

She couldn't do squat in Missouri, so she's coming here to not do squat again. She hasn't got a chance in hell of unseating Crenshaw.

[yellowdogintexas]

28. I also doubt she can beat Dan "One Good Eye" Crenshaw in a primary

He is pretty well entrenched in his district.

PS "One Good Eye" is a running gag on Stephanie Miller if they are talking about Crenshaw

[LeftInTX]

61. I also doubt it too.

[Kaleva]

12. Execution without trial seems to be gaining in popularity.

[Jilly_in_VA]

14. Can't we just secede from these people?

Texas is always talking about seceding, right? I propose we pull all our military installations, our space center in Houston, all our ail and ag subsidies, allow amnesty and immediate citizenship to all Texans who don't want to live under AbBUTT et al. and close the borders. See how long they can make it on their own without all those things and those people.

[Liberal In Texas]

22. She's from Missouri.

And Texans are not always talking about succession. There are some crazies that do, but it will never happen.

If you're going to fantasize about thing that will never happen, here's mine...

All the blue counties join with New Mexico.

[Bluebelle76]

31. I'm In

Bexar County here. I'd love to live in New Mexico. I'm old and unencumbered by wealth. Maybe I could rejoin the civilized world without moving.

[yellowdogintexas]

37. Happy to see Tarrant included in New Mexico. Fort Worth itself is very blue

I definitely approve of this map.

[SilasSouleII]

39. Bexar County resident here

Count me in!

[LeftInTX]

62. She doesn't live in Texas. She lives in New Jersey. Her video isn't even filmed in Texas.

She's from Colombia (the country) and lives in New Jersey. She recently ran for office in Missouri.

She's just claiming she's gonna run for office in Texas. Maybe she's hoping she will find more receptive voters in Texas.

[DBoon]

15. Nazi publications specialized in lurid tales of supposed Jewish crimes

Once again, the Republican Party imitates the 3rd Reich

[Bluebelle76]

34. Just Returning to their Roots

Hitler got some useful ideas from American reactionaries. Doesn't matter what political party they identity with.

[AltairIV]

16. One simple solution

And I favor the death penalty for any politician who violates any ethic/ or moral clause they have in managing the public trust. You go home with a pen from work (which is theft) arrest them, if found guilty execute them.

[yellowdogintexas]

30. were you perhaps speaking of AG Ken Paxton of TX? He really did steal a pen

It was an expensive Mont Blanc if I recall correctly. He is such a worm

[ProudMNDemocrat]

17. Texas.."Laws? We don't need no stinking laws!"

"We make up things as we go along."

Just point those fingers at Greg Abbott, Ban Patrick, and Ken Paxton.

I am so glad I do not live in Texas. But I personally know many who do.

[yellowdogintexas]

35. Making it up as we go along is rather appropriate. We amend our Constitution every other year

After the end of the Legislative session (6 months) there are always bills which according to the Texas Consitution require citizen approval before they can take effect. The need for approval varies, depending on what the bill is trying to accomplish.

SO we have this Constitutional Amendment Election in November of odd years, and if the voters reject any of them, that is the end of it. Some of them are really strange, and there is always a low turnout. The 2023 batch were actually really decent proposals which are going to do some good. There was a huge promotion for two of them which drew people to the polls.

[Bluebelle76]

38. Fun with Amendments

Do we still specialize in wording amendment choices so weirdly that you end up voting for the opposite of what you want? That used to be the done thing.

[Bluebelle76]

36. So Do I

I'm one of them. And I feel so out of place here.

[magicarpet]

19. Are those trDUMP's hightop "Golden" sneakers from his merch page,...

.... in her public execution photo ?

What a total asswipe this Nazi beast is. More of this trash is just what we need in the US Senate.

[CrispyQ]

20. They want to kill.

Remember the young man at the Charlie Kirk event, "When can we use the guns?"

[Kid Berwyn]

23. The Turd Reich

We must humiliate and shame these bastards into the ground before we have to bury all their asses to preserve the nation and our selves.

Anyone really believe these NAZI turds would stop at killing “for’ners”?

[dalton99a]

24. 25-year-old psycho is from Medellin, Colombia

[ecstatic]

51. SMH. Nt

[LeftInTX]

63. Yep. She won't get much support even in Texas.

That photo is taken in another state.
We have a few anti-immigration Mexican-Americans in the Texas legislation and congress. However, even they don't support public executions without trials!

I don't know Valentina's thinking process, but I do wonder if she was exposed to vigilantes in Colombia?

[Lovie777]

26. Wait for the experiments....

[GoCubsGo]

29. How long before Valentina gets swept up in the mass deportations?

Be careful what you wish for, Ms. Gomez. They already said they're not going to distinguish citizens and non-citizens of the same name.

[LeftInTX]

64. She is a Colombian citizen, so it's entirely possible. She was on their national swim team recently.

[NotHardly]

40. Just this They'll be using firing squads until the ovens are ready.

These people are sick.

[yourout]

55. Beheadings... Samurai style.

[Figarosmom]

44. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE,?

They are really sick in the head

[LeftInTX]

68. Texas can't claim her. She lives in New Jersey. She's an immigrant from Medellin, Colombia.

She's just saying she's gonna run for congress in Texas. She's another Kyle Rittenhouse. I doubt if she will win a primary. She's claiming that she's gonna run against the "eye patch" guy.

[Figarosmom]

73. Geez

[spanone]

49. Sick Fucks.

[sakabatou]

50. So pro-life of them

[hadEnuf]

53. How about public executions of Texas Republicans by undocumented immigrants?

May sell a lot of tickets to that one.

[roamer65]

75. That one has my vote!!!

After all they are guilty of the murder of many women due to their anti-choice laws.

[Jack Valentino]

80. I'm with you, I don't care by who

[keithbvadu2]

57. Valentina, how about public execution of republican pedophiles? Are they a protected group to you?

[B.See]

65. op: "They'll be using firing squads until the ovens are ready." PRECISELY

And the "violent crime - they're criminals rapists - eating the cats and the dogs " trope will be the cover by which they'll carry it out.

[SARose]

69. Not a Texan

She was born in Medellin, Columbia and immigrated with her family at age 10. She resides in Missouri.

😬

We have enough hoo hah bat shit crazies here - don’t need anymore. 🤩

[hamsterjill]

70. What a hypocrite!

The name gives her away. Makes me sick to even think that someone could be so evil against her own people.

[Sneederbunk]

72. Next generation Kari Lake.

[Deep State Witch]

74. Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud

She's just saying the quiet part out loud. They probably want a green light to set up militia members on the Texas size of the border and shoot the "illegals" as they cross the river.