Overview

• Valentina Gomez, a Republican running in Texas’ 31st Congressional District for 2026, posted the ad on X on August 26.
• The video shows her burning a Quran with a flamethrower as she claims America is a Christian nation and vows to “end Islam in Texas.”
• She declares that “your daughters will be raped, and your sons beheaded, unless we stop Islam once and for all,” language critics say crosses into incitement.
• Commentators and civil-rights voices condemned the clip, with podcaster Brian Allen calling it incitement and the Council on American-Islamic Relations describing it as dangerous.
• Gomez has previously burned LGBTQ-themed books, staged a mock execution of a migrant, and faced social media penalties; she has raised just over $7,000 per FEC records and lacks a Trump endorsement.