All posts tagged "Brandon Herrera"

A MAGA pundit melted down during a CNN roundtable debate about where the GOP draws the line when it comes to supporting controversial candidates.

The discussion started with a clip of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defending Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera, despite disparaging comments about women and videos of him goosestepping to songs used by neo-Nazis. Johnson campaigned and fundraised for him and defended his endorsement of Herrera by noting that he apologized.

Jesse Arm, the vice president of external affairs at the Manhattan Institute, argued that despite the GOP's support for Herrera, the party doesn't have a problem with electing extremists. He said that the proof is the ouster of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie, whom he called "two bigots."...

GOP lawmakers ran away from a reporter who asked them about a Trump-endorsed congressional candidate who made "grotesque" comments.

During an episode of Bulwark Takes, political commentators Sam Stein and Will Sommer called out "MAGA gun YouTuber" Brandon Herrera, who's running for former Rep. Tony Gonzales' congressional seat in Texas with an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

In Herrera's YouTube videos, he praises "the guy who killed Hitler" and makes explicit comments about Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts that Stein and Sommer described as "grotesque." He's running in a "tossup district in Texas, so it's not like this is a safe seat," Sommer said....