We’ve done it! We’ve found the most insane politician! Great… Seriously, in a post-Trump world that’s brought us the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene, RFK Jr, and George Santos, you have to do a lot to distinguish yourself as truly bats**t.
And Republican Valentina Gomez gets it. The 24-year-old is running for Secretary of State in Missouri, and we mean literally running.
In a campaign video this week, the avid athlete jogs down the street in a weighted vest to show her strength at… um, stating? (Missouri’s official government site says the position is mainly responsible for “collecting, compiling, storing and publishing a variety of state documents.” It sounds a lot more secretarial than the US one.) But the bonkers part is the message.
She says: Wow. Wow wow wow. Another mask-off, blatantly homophobic public figure. Election 2024, right? This isn’t just gross because of what she’s saying but where she’s saying it.
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