Overview

• Mayra Flores, a former GOP congresswoman from Texas, is accused of stealing food photos from the internet and presenting them as her own on social media.
• Flores, who is running to reclaim her former congressional seat, has been caught in a scandal dubbed 'Grubgate'.
• The controversy began when a user confronted Flores by sharing screenshots showing that her post about 'ranch life' in Texas used a photo seemingly lifted from a Guyanese Facebook page.
• Since the scandal broke, multiple instances of Flores taking credit for other people's food photos have been discovered on her social media.
• Flores has responded to the accusations stating that it was not her 'intention to mislead' and that the photos reminded her of her upbringing in Mexico.