No stranger to taking shots at liberals, Missouri Secretary of State candidate Valentina Gomez Noriega now has done what so many others have simply dreamed of:
She has “firedâ€Â her employer.
In a social media post Monday, the ºüÀêÊÓƵ resident stood in front of the downtown offices of Nestlé Purina PetCare — now her former employer — and said:
“Go woke, go broke. This company tried to keep me quiet for speaking up against the pornographic material in our children’s libraries — and today, I fired them.â€
She concludes her 30-second video with the line: “So feed your dogs something that is not weak and gay.â€
🚨You’re Fired🚨Go Woke, Go Broke. Stay away from the children, I’m not asking.
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS)
Gomez’s LinkedIn entry states she has a master’s degree from Tulane University and had worked in the finance department of Purina since October 2021.
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In a statement, Purina officials said, “We can confirm that Ms. Gomez has left the company. At Purina, we are deeply rooted in respect, and Ms. Gomez was treated with the same respect as all employees here. We also respect her decision to part ways to pursue her political ambitions.â€
To be sure, Purina makes no bones about its support of liberal causes, including LGBTQ issues.
Past Facebook quotes from the company note that it has been a sponsor of the annual Pride ºüÀêÊÓƵ festival and has scored a “100 on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.â€
The “weak and gay†utterance by Gomez has become a trademark of sorts for Gomez, who shared on social media that she was not a fan of Pride Month.
“Forget pride month. We’re doing America First month,†she said in a post on May 29.
The weak and gay don’t phase me. I cannot be cancelled. God and too many patriots are backing me. America First 🇺🇸 MAGA
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS)
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In the last month or so, Gomez has posted photos of herself standing next to the Border Wall, holding an assault rifle, burning books with a blowtorch and throwing down a right-wing rap video.
This is how to rap Facts don’t care about your feelings. America First w/
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS)
And she even went as far as describing U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Donald Trump loyalist and Florida Republican who is under investigation for sex trafficking, as the “greatest congressman in history†and “an example of excellence.â€
Happy Birthday to the greatest Congressman in History. Our nation needs strong and uncompromised leaders like you who are an example of excellence. The battle is on, and you have warriors supporting you.
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS)
Gomez, 25, lives in the Benton Park area of south ºüÀêÊÓƵ and is one of eight Republican candidates for Secretary of State, a post now held by gubernatorial candidate Jay Ashcroft.
In July 2019, the that her family had moved from Colombia to Jersey City, New Jersey, in 2009.
Gomez was a member of the college swim team at Tulane; her oldest brother, Jonathan, swam for the Colombian national team in the 2016 Olympics, the story noted.Â
Gomez formed her campaign committee in October 2023. As of March 31, her campaign had raised about $6,750, according to filings with the Missouri Ethics Commission. Another brother, Maicoll Gomez, serves as her campaign treasurer.
Some of the more well-known GOP candidates for Secretary of State are state Sens. Mary Elizabeth Coleman and Denny Hoskins; House Speaker Dean Plocher; and state Rep. Adam Schwadron.