LONDON: A far-right Republican congressional candidate in Texas has caused widespread outrage after releasing a campaign video in which she set fire to the Quran and vowed to “stop Islam once and for all.” Valentina Gomez, a self-styled MAGA influencer running for Texas’s 31st District seat in 2026, appears in the video warning: “Your daughters will be raped, and your sons beheaded, unless we stop Islam once and for all.” Wearing camouflage pants and a campaign T-shirt emblazoned with the silhouette of a rifle, she uses a flamethrower to burn a copy of Islam’s holy book.

The far-right congressional candidate's stunt comes amid a wave of anti-Muslim hate in the U.S.

The far-right congressional candidate's stunt comes amid a wave of anti-Muslim hate in the U.S.