GOP Features “9/11 Truther” In Ad Attacking TX Dem

The Texas Tribune reports:

The South Texas man at the center of a new ad attacking U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez is a self proclaimed “conspiracy theorist” who has spread theories on social media about 9/11 and the COVID pandemic and mocked both Michelle Obama and a GOP congressman. The ad was released this week by the National Republican Congressional Committee on behalf of former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, who is trying to win back the seat for the GOP.

The ad features Brownsville business owner Ruben Guerrero ridiculing Gonzalez, a McAllen Democrat. Guerrero posted memes on Instagram calling 9/11 “the biggest inside job in history … until COVID,” ridiculing former First Lady Michelle Obama as secretly a man, and mocking U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s eyepatch, which he wears after losing his right eye serving in Afghanistan.

Read the full article. The ad falsely accuses Gonzales [screenshot above] of wanting the government to pay for “sex change surgery” for children.

An NRCC ad in TX34 featured a self identified conspiracy theorist who has shared posts calling 9/11 and the pandemic inside jobs and mocking Dan Crenshaw’s eye patch

Flores denounced his stances but supported the ad, which attacks Gonzalez on LGBT issueshttps://t.co/s7km3TquNC

— Matthew Choi (@matthewichoi) September 20, 2024