A Republican candidate for US Congress interrupted a Muslim community day at the Texas Capitol building, shouting deeply offensive Islamophobic hate speech from a podium. Valentina Gomez infiltrated the event by wearing a hijab, which she removed before yelling racist tropes.

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People like this wouldn’t be out in the open if it wasn’t the norm in their party

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People like this also wouldn’t be out in the open if - insert a bunch of things which would probably get me banned for inciting violence

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People like this wouldn’t be out in the open if someone killed her already.

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I remember her platform was like 75% slurs by volume—against trans people, black people, Muslims, other Mexicans, all kinds of people. She was too much even for the fascists and lost her primary by a goddamn mile. Yet she’s still out there being weird and hateful.

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nazis are professional losers. they make their power by losing and then claiming the system is rigged against them in order to garner sympathy

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Yeah, she’s running for trump’s cabinet. She deserves no air time.

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Behold, the moderate Republican candidate in Texas. Gotta string people up in trees before you get the radical label.

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That’s just questionable behavior. Radical is trying to feed unhoused people and children of low-income households.

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Or even worse… Supporting Palestine.

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Deplorables

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Best thing to do there is not react. Stand in silence.

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No. That just legitimizes them. You have to shut them down and march them off stage.

Ignoring bullies only empowers them.

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They already are very well legitimised.

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Aren’t American all suposed to start shooting when someone crosses in to someone elses personal space?

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