Mother Jones; Valentina Gomez Campaign

Valentina Gomez, the 25-year-old former Missouri Secretary of State candidate known for crass posts—like calling her opponents “weak and gay” while jogging in a tactical vest—lost her eight-way primary last night.

Gomez rose to national (or maybe just very online) prominence by posting wildly. She declared that she would protect Missourians from the “transgender industry,” using a flamethrower to burn books in a campaign advertisement. She parted ways with her former employer, the dog food company Purina, and then told her fans to “feed your dogs something that is not weak and gay.” She instructed Black Americans to leave the country in a Juneteenth message. She recently said the Olympics was catering to “faggots.”

On Tuesday, Gomez discovered that Twitter is not real. She lost—and badly—with only about 7 percent of the vote.

🚨@LupeFiasco is weak and gay. You should thank me for making you relevant again, after 15 years of not producing a hit. @elonmusk........

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