A Texas congressional candidate who is visiting Israel filmed herself at the Gaza border watching IDF strikes in Gaza, with popcorn in hand.
In a Monday post on X/Twitter, Valentina Gomez, a Republican running in Texas's 31st Congressional District, posed at the Gaza border with popcorn and filmed blasts inside the Strip.
She added that she was looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during her trip.
She is currently traveling in Israel on her own accord. She told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that she wished to be baptized in the Jordan River, “the same waters as Jesus Christ.”
"Hamas days are over. Never negotiate with terrorists," the caption reads.
Who is Valentina Gomez, the anti-LGBTQ, Islamaphobic Texas politician in Israel?
Gomez, 26, immigrated from Colombia as a child and has become a prominent MAGA activist. She previously ran for Secretary of State in Missouri in 2024 and lost.
In August, she posted a controversial video of herself burning a Quran. She has previously stated that Islam is the "religion of rape, incest, and pedophilia where they bow down to a stupid rock and a false prophet."
As part of her travels to Israel, she spoke to the daughters of slain IDF soldiers.
She went to the Western Wall on Monday.
Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz said that he did not support Gomez's video, in which she burned the Quran.
Gomez said that she stood by all her actions and statements, noting that at the Wall, Muslims and Christians could pray freely, but the same courtesy was not afforded to Jews and Christians on the Temple Mount.
The congressional hopeful said that she had been very well treated during her visit to Israel, and supported Israel because it was fighting against the same Islamic terrorist organizations that were the enemies of the US.
Michael Starr contributed to this report.