GOP candidate Brandon Herrera repeatedly mocked women’s weight
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added the seat to its target list and backed Katy Padilla Stout after CNN reviewed Herrera’s remarks.
- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee recently added the Texas seat held by Republican nominee Brandon Herrera to its target list, sending funding to opponent Katy Padilla Stout to capitalize on his past derogatory comments about women.
- A gun-focused YouTuber known as "The AK Guy," Herrera has faced widespread criticism for past videos containing misogynistic statements and offensive jokes about feminists, which he has characterized as part of his comedic persona.
- CNN reviews revealed Herrera repeatedly disparaged figures like Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action using offensive sexual slang, while also labeling feminists "blue hairs" and mocking women's intelligence in videos dating back to 2019.
- While Speaker Johnson and Trump have rallied behind Herrera, other conservatives, including the Republican Jewish Coalition, have criticized him, stating it "has a longstanding policy of speaking out against those who traffic in Nazi ideology."
- Herrera is seeking to replace former GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales, who resigned in April amid a House Ethics Committee probe, in a Republican-leaning district where Democrats believe his controversial history could provide a path to victory.
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Brandon Herrera shrugs off comments comparing feminists to nuclear bombs
Texas Republican House candidate and content creator Brandon Herrera is brushing off controversial comments he made in the past on his YouTube channel about women’s weight, calling the comments jokes. Though Herrera’s past comments have been a target of Democratic pundits looking to flip Texas’s 23rd Congressional District before, a CNN report resurfaced several additional statements […]
GOP Candidate Repeatedly Mocked Women’s Weight
“Brandon Herrera, the Republican nominee for a key Texas congressional district, has repeatedly made vulgar sexual statements and derogatory comments about the appearance and intelligence of women, according to a CNN review of his videos, social media, and podcasts,” CNN reports. “Herrera downplayed his controversial comments, which he made as a right-wing online personality known […]
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