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Summary

Texas Republican Valentina Gomez sparked outrage after releasing a video proposing public executions of undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes, claiming it would act as a deterrent.

The video, shared on X, simulated Gomez shooting a hooded dummy representing an undocumented migrant.

Her comments followed the arrest of a Guatemalan immigrant for a subway murder in New York.

Known for far-right provocations, Gomez’s remarks drew sharp criticism from political figures and activists, with some praising her stance while others condemned it as hateful and extreme.

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[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 87 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You want to watch people die... like the watching part is important to you?

If you want people dead, I'm already not on board. The watching part makes it clear there's not hope of reasoning with them.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 45 points 1 day ago

I think they want to be the shooter. Blood lust. The kind of thing you'd hope a good background check before a gun purchase would catch.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 36 points 1 day ago

Y'all Qaeda at it again.

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Of course they do.

Fully expected it

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago

Sounds like terrorism to me

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We didn’t kill enough slavers or Nazis

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 29 points 1 day ago

There's still time.

Yeah when they said the "camps" thing, I knew it wouldn't be too long before we actually heard this.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

I agree that Americans need to shoot more people, we just disagree on who.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

what will these pieces of turds not do for a grain political power?

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"But this is just a stopgap policy on the way to public execution of all migrants"

[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the homeless with the rhetoric space karren is putting out lately.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What does a loser who desperately needs attention look like?

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago
[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

Fucking hell... Many of those sound like they're either bots or from people who have been consuming too much content from bots.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

widespread regurgitation of conservative views at disproportionate scales may imply manipulation by an unknown party.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Texas? Everything I could find says Missouri. Is there more than one crazy Republican politician named Valentina Gomez, or did she move to Texas after losing in Missouri?

https://ballotpedia.org/Valentina_Gomez

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe I had read that after losing in Missouri she decided to try in Texas.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

a quick search confirms this.

huff post for example.

I'm sure there's plenty of other republicans saying this, just not quite so... publicly...

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (6 children)

So if someone replicated the video but had "CEO" written on the hood it would be terrorism?

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

JFC. What a horrible person.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Man, the headline is really leaving a critical criterion out to get more clicks, isn’t it? (I’m blaming Newsweek for this, not OP.)

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Regressing .... America is just simply regressing at this point.

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Y'all queda indeed.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 9 points 1 day ago

Say it once, outrage. Say it again and again, and it becomes normalised. This shit always starts somewhere.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Psychotic cunt.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Feliz navidad

[–] ZonenRanslite@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The fifth commandment: Thou shalt not kill.

[–] bravesirrbn@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Enough people believe that it doesn't apply if you just dehumanize the victims enough :(

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

You've made the common mistake of assuming these "churchgoers" are religious. They're running the grift.

[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Exodus 20:13. I know they don’t care about their own book, but it’s terrible how far so many people have drifted from our sacred connections between humans, whatever that means to you. Killing one another cannot solve our problems.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Death cult.

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