MAGA candidate seethes with rage after her unhinged homophobia got her brother fired from his job

Republican Missouri secretary of state candidate Valentina Gomez is outraged that her brother lost his job for supporting her campaign with a $1250 check, but her brother’s former boss is sharing text messages online to show why exactly the brother got fired.

Valentina Gomez has built her campaign on homophobia, from burning LGBTQ+ books with a flamethrower to making “Don’t be weak and gay” her campaign slogan to posting videos online using the word “fa***t.” In a party that generally does not support LGBTQ+ rights, Valentina Gomez stands out for how cartoonishly hateful her public statements are.

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“I stand up for my grandchild and all LGBTQ+ people,” the Democrat responded proudly.

Her brother, Jonathan Gomez Noriega, served until yesterday on the staff of Jersey City, New Jersey, Mayor Steve Fulop (D) and on the city’s LGBTQ+ Task Force’s outreach and public relations committee. The Jersey City Times reported that he donated $1250 to his sister’s campaign.

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People in the community where he works were outraged. Hudson Pride Center Executive Director Elizabeth Schedl announced that she was resigning from the LGBTQ+ Task Force in protest of Jonathan Gomez Noriega and would only join the task force again when he was removed. He has already announced that he is stepping down from the task force.

“This decision comes after careful consideration and is in response to the continued refusal of Jonathan Gomez-Noriega …to condemn the hateful and divisive anti-LGBTQ rhetoric espoused by his sister,” she said.

Another local organization, the JC LGBTQ+ Alliance Against Hate, started a petition to have Jonathan Gomez Noriega removed from office.

Valentina Gomez lashed out at the Hudson Pride Center, but she probably didn’t make the situation any better for her brother because she told NJ.com that the LGBTQ+ organization was teaching children to “chop off their body parts” and that schools are turning kids gay.

“Family over everything!” she said in a statement. “It’s very hypocritical that there is a task force for just 1% of the population. Where is the task force for our veterans that sacrificed their youth, their health and their careers to protect our nation?”

“In regards to the useless Pride center, I’d love to see the Hudson Pride Center closed its doors completely because our children should be learning mathematics, history and developing their people skills, not learning how to chop off their body parts and being turned gay.”

On her X account, Valentina Gomez was even more combative and threatened Mayor Fulop with a “huge lawsuit.” She also included a recording of a private phone call between her brother and his boss, the mayor.

“Steven, you should have chosen your words more carefully with my brother, because you do not sound like a Democratic mayor, you sound like a dictator,” Valentina Gomez said.

In the recording that she shared, Mayor Fulop tells Jonathan Gomez Noriega: “If you think that is boldness, I’m gonna fire you. I’m gonna look in five minutes, if it’s not clear where you, then you’re not with me, you’re with her and you can’t work with me. Period. OK? Like, that’s it. No, just five minutes.”

Fulop responded to Valentina Gomez, saying that her brother was an “at-will employee for the city” and that he is no longer employed as of today.

“You can see how strongly I feel about the LGBTQ community and I’ll share the text messages we exchanged so ppl know ill fight for them when people are watching and the same when they can’t see what I’m doing,” Fulop wrote. The text messages he shared show him repeatedly telling Jonathan Gomez Noriega to put out a statement denouncing his sister’s views. Jonathan Gomez Noriega repeatedly asks the mayor to review his statement before he publishes it, but the mayor insists that it must come from him and he will evaluate it once it has been published.

Valentina – first your brother WAS an “at-will” employee for the city – as of tomorrow he no longer works there bc he doesn’t reflect the values of the city. Second, You can see how strongly I feel about the LGBTQ community and I’ll share the text messages we exchanged so ppl… https://t.co/3j1gYf8ihw pic.twitter.com/a1LFiTfH6B

— Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) August 6, 2024

In his statement, Jonathan Gomez Noriega didn’t mention his sister’s name and didn’t say he disagreed with her on LGBTQ+ rights, instead saying that he wants to focus “on a future where meritocracy and results matter most” and that he “may not agree with everything my sister says, but I love her.”

“Let me be clear: I do not support any hateful remarks directed toward the LGBTQ+ community or any individual … Political differences should not destroy families,” he said in his statement.

After the statement was published, Fulop announced that Jonathan Gomez Noriega was fired.

Different beliefs shouldn't divide us. This issue touches dinner tables across America. I choose respect, peace, and the chance to embrace my loved ones, putting family above politics and any appointed position.

I do not and will never discriminate against ANY human being. I am…

— Jonathan David Gomez Noriega (@Jonathan_Goomez) August 5, 2024

This isn’t the first time Valentina Gomez said her family has suffered consequences for her very public and hateful rhetoric. She claimed earlier this week that “pedophiles, groomers, and corrupt politicians… have tried to kill my father, poison my dogs, and destroy me.” She didn’t explain what she meant.

Earlier this year, she lost her job with Purina dog food, saying that the company was trying to “keep me quiet for speaking up against the pornographic materials in our children’s libraries.”

Valentina Gomez’s primary election is today.

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