Mayra Flores Accused of Faking Food Photos in 'GrubGate' Scandal

The former congresswoman, seeking re-election in South Texas, faces backlash for allegedly passing off stolen photos of Mexican food as her own cooking.

Former Congresswoman Mayra Flores, a Republican seeking re-election in South Texas, is accused of stealing photos of Mexican food from other social media accounts and pretending they are snapshots of her own cooking.
Internet sleuths linked a photo shared by Flores to a Facebook page, 'Visit Guyana,' in March 2022, which she claimed was a picture of her own cooking.
Conservative website Current Revolt found several other instances where Flores shared others’ photos of Mexican cooking online and passed them off as her own.
Flores, the first Mexican-born woman to serve in Congress, changed her social media handle amid the backlash and has reportedly been blocking anyone who has accused her of passing off the photos as her own cooking.
Flores is running to unseat Democratic Rep. Vincente Gonzalez, who defeated her in Nov. 2022 after a redistricting made the seat more favorable to Democrats.