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Summary

Texas Republican Valentina Gomez sparked outrage after releasing a video proposing public executions of undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes, claiming it would act as a deterrent.

The video, shared on X, simulated Gomez shooting a hooded dummy representing an undocumented migrant.

Her comments followed the arrest of a Guatemalan immigrant for a subway murder in New York.

Known for far-right provocations, Gomez’s remarks drew sharp criticism from political figures and activists, with some praising her stance while others condemned it as hateful and extreme.

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[–] owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

So they're going to execute Elon Musk. Right guys?

[–] ben_dover@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i'm proposing public executions of Nazi scum, cool?

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Make this law

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Accepted!

Next week official definition of nazi changed to "Either left or right wing extremist not affiliated with federal goverment of USA" ^^

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Yes and no. The monsters are using migrants as a scapegoat to distract from the outright theft that's about to ramp up.

But the thing about a scapegoat, they're still killed.

When a monster tells you what they want to do, believe them.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Need to see a Venn diagram of the commonalities between ISIS and republicans.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

It's one solid circle.

[–] FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Wtf is up with these Hispanic nazis?

[–] kava@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

two major things to keep in mind

a) majority of hispanics in the US have been there multiple generations. while they may hold some varying level of ties to their family's home country, they've more or less been mostly americanized and are effectively just a different flavor of "american"

add in the fact that these are a more socially conservative people who more likely to be religious and it makes sense why they have been moving to the right. GOP could have taken advantage of this a long time ago. I think it's strange that Trump is the one to finally harness this group of people, but I guess reality is stranger than fiction

b) the US isn't stupid and it imports right-wing anti-left people. For example from Cuba or Venezuela. Miami has a massive Cuban population and they're all descendants from people fleeing the communist Castro regime. The Cubans are bred from birth to believe the Castro regime was evil and they're told all about the horrors (conveniently nobody remembers the just as brutal Batista regime, coincidentally supported by the US).

So all it takes is for there to be a connection between "democrats -> left wing -> communist" and all the Cubans turn against the DNC.

what I find fascinating is that you talk to a young Cuban who is one or two generations separated from Cuba, they have all sorts of horror stories and hatred for the Castro regime.

But you talk to an old-timer, someone in their 60s or 70s and they have nostalgia and nuanced views. Sort of like how people view the Soviet Union.

If we're gonna summarize all of this I'd just say this- assimilation. We're watching the process of how Irish went from "ethnic minority" to "white" and hispanics are going through a similar process

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sort of like how people view the Soviet Union.

I've never met anyone personally who speaks fondly of their time in the USSR. Tankies online who are too young to have lived through it are the only ones.

[–] kava@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There's that infamous quote from Putin- "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain"

People who actually grew up during the Soviet Union and went through the process of collapse and liberalization as an adult experienced quite a chaotic period of time. Your way of life was violently changed, the ideology you were taught disposed of, and you went through economic troubles. It's no wonder some look back fondly

I've seen similar statements from both Cubans and ex-Soviets. One of the main themes is how under liberal societies you are "addicted to money", so to speak. For example in Cuba, you could not get what you wanted. For example you go to the store one day, there's no shoes. Tomorrow, there's no batteries. You could not eat beef, you could not just leave. There were many restrictions.

But you were sort of guaranteed a certain minimum quality of life. You would have a place to live, you would have food. You would have a steady job without worrying about losing it.

Whereas in the US, you have an exponentially higher purchasing power- even the lowest segments of the population. But there's a catch. You have to be working all week to sustain that lifestyle. And the employer can more easily fire you- it's not as stable.

So they look back with nostalgia at what to them seems likes simpler and calmer times. Less stressful

anyhow, to back up my anecdotal experience with data: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/06/29/in-russia-nostalgia-for-soviet-union-and-positive-feelings-about-stalin/

78% of older Russians think collapse of Soviet Union was a bad thing. Majority of Russians view Stalin favorably.

It depends on the country you're from, but it's safe to say many older people have nostalgia and look back at the Soviet Union fondly. I've seen the same thing with Cubans

here's a thread on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esy6i5/russians_of_reddit_what_is_the_older_generations/

where people share their experiences. Few of the top comments basically mirror what I referenced above

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

kinda stockholm syndroming. german christmas market attack was a saudia arabian refugee voting for the newer german Nazis "AfD" that also Space Karen likes.

so the dumbest of migrants seem to overcompensate their lack of identity.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I mean it might not be too relevant (as I know the majority of the Hispanics youre referring to aren't Spanish per se), but I'd like to remind people that Spain was a fascist dictatorship up until 1975, when it became a democracy.

I'm sure they at least produce media that's enjoyed in other Spanish speaking countries idk but nonetheless just a thought I had

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain

(It's really not related to the thing here the right wing propaganda Hispanics in America are being subjected to probably isn't from Francoist Spain

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How about televised executions of politicians that do not do their elected jobs

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm thinking televised executions of instance CEOs that do do their jobs

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

In China they have no issue executing billionaires who try to fuck around. This needs to be normalized.

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[–] Jericho_One@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Shouldn't the headline be "Republican said something terrible to get the media talking about her, and we've done exactly what she wanted"?

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 day ago

NGL, that's a good looking meme setup.

Would be a shame if someone happen to put words like Luigi or healthcare CEO. Not saying what order though.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 215 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I have used this image under a Republican headline [ 4 ] times.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 82 points 2 days ago

The TV needs to have the swastika, not Marty mcfly.

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 126 points 2 days ago (2 children)

She not only thinks this, but took the time to plan this out. At no point while thinking about shooting immigrants, or building a dummy to represent an immigrant, or taping its arms and legs, or putting it in a chair, or loading the gun, or setting up a tripod to film it, or pulling the trigger, or loading it to a computer to edit it, or uploading it, did she think maybe this is a bit much.

Disgusting human trash.

[–] Ketchup@reddthat.com 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What are the chances that one of the motivations for these people is profit. ? I mean, seriously. Is there profit potential here for these creators whose content goes viral, or does it only satisfy their sadistic blood lust ? Misanthropy of the highest, or direct connection to the cult?

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[–] vikingr@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

She hopes by showing her ass that the whites won't spend her as a token.

But they will.

Dumb fascist cunt.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago
[–] leadore@lemmy.world 83 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I wonder what would happen to someone who did a video like that except with a dummy of a CEO? I suspect the reaction would be huge amounts of screaming, condemnation, and an arrest for promoting terrorism. But this video? it's juuuust fine. Nothing will happen to her, probably not even having her video taken down.

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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago

If I do this but it’s the CEO of a health insurance company, then I’ll get sued out the wazoo.

[–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Luckily she's never been elected to anything so far.

She's a Colombian immigrant herself apparently and still has the accent so I'm not sure the racist crowd she's appealing to with this message is going to rally behind her as opposed to whatever other Republican is running.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I wonder how Democrats will triangulate a compromise with this.

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[–] Dupree878@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago

She’s one of the people Trump would deport just because of her name anyway

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago
[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 87 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You want to watch people die... like the watching part is important to you?

If you want people dead, I'm already not on board. The watching part makes it clear there's not hope of reasoning with them.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 45 points 2 days ago

I think they want to be the shooter. Blood lust. The kind of thing you'd hope a good background check before a gun purchase would catch.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

When even the Department Of Justice publishes reports that more severe punishments, explicitly including death sentences, don't work for deterrence (see points 4 and 5 of their summary), people really should start thinking about better ways to prevent crime.

(Personally, I'd propose tackling the conditions that force crimes, particularly those of desperation, as well as reevaluating the catalogue of what really counts as crimes, particularly if there's no victim, but on here, I'd be preaching to the choir.)

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[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Are we talking about her? Who got 6th in the elections ? who even has this photo?

Image I just can't stop laughing.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago

Sounds like terrorism to me

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 36 points 2 days ago

Y'all Qaeda at it again.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 days ago

How long until we find out that she or her family members are here illegally?

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We didn’t kill enough slavers or Nazis

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 29 points 2 days ago

There's still time.

🤦‍♂️ Of course she moved to Texas.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

disgusting. These conservative nutjob terrorists disgust me.

[–] terminally_offline@infosec.pub 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

I agree that Americans need to shoot more people, we just disagree on who.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

And if you call these people anything else than "moderate, christian-democratic, center-right, conservatives", you're being dramatic...

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Texas? Everything I could find says Missouri. Is there more than one crazy Republican politician named Valentina Gomez, or did she move to Texas after losing in Missouri?

https://ballotpedia.org/Valentina_Gomez

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe I had read that after losing in Missouri she decided to try in Texas.

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