Who is Valentina Gomez, Republican from Missouri criticized for her “racist” message on June 19?

Updated on June 22, 2024 at 05:21 IST

In the video posted on June 17, she called the holiday the “most miserable holiday” in the United States. Notably, in 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday to mark the end of slavery in the United States.

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Missouri Republican Valentina Gomezknown for having hit the headlines with its controversial campaigns, has done it again with a video on the Juneteenth vacation. In a video posted to social media, the self-proclaimed Trump supporter asked black people to leave the United States if they don’t love the country.

Gomez, 25, is a GOP candidate for Secretary of State post in Missouri. A real estate investor, financier and former NCAA Division I swimmer, her campaign videos often feature alleged homophobic slurs. She famously posted a video in which she set fire to a library section containing books about the LGBT community.

Last May, she doubled down on her efforts by sharing a video of herself running in the Soulard district of St. Louis, Missouri, a predominantly LGBT neighborhood. In the video, she asked her followers “not to be weak or gay.”

Valentina Gomez was born on May 8, 1999 in Colombia. Her family moved to the United States in 2009, and she grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University in 2019 and a master’s degree in business administration from Tulane University in 2020.

In the video posted on June 17, she called the holiday the “most miserable holiday” in the United States. Notably, in 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday to mark the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that slaves were now free at the end of the American Civil War.

“Reparations for slavery and Black victimization are about to be forced upon us on America’s wildest holiday. BLM has raised millions. And what have they done for black lives? Gomez said in her tirade.

“It’s scandalous to see people asking you for compensation, even though they never experienced slavery. These ungrateful people should celebrate because they were born into the greatest nation that ever lived.

“Here’s some advice: If you don’t like America, please, get the hell out,” she added.