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Failed MAGA Candidate Hit With Travel Ban After Anti-Muslim Rants

Valentina Gomez was scheduled to speak at a far-right rally in the U.K.

A MAGA influencer who unsuccessfully ran for Congress on a platform of “ending Islam in Texas” has been barred from entering the U.K. Valentina Gomez was scheduled to speak at the far-right “Unite the Kingdom” rally in May, organized by convicted fraudster and President Donald Trump’s ally, Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. After originally receiving permission last week to travel to the U.K., the country’s home secretary intervened to withdraw the authorization on the grounds that her presence “would not be conducive to the public good,” the same reason it provided when denying travel permission to Kanye West following a string of antisemitic, racist, and pro-Nazi comments. Gomez, 26, spoke at a previous Unite the Kingdom rally in September. “England, they took your guns, they took your swords, and they raped your women... You either fight for this nation or you let all of these rapist Muslims and corrupt politicians take over,” she told the crowd. Last year, she also burned a Quran during a campaign stunt and said that Muslims living in Texas “can f--- off to any of the 57 Muslim nations.” In addition to her failed congressional run, she mounted an unsuccessful bid for Missouri Secretary of State in 2024.