'Ungrateful people': GOP candidate marks Juneteenth by telling Black people to leave U.S.

Republican Missouri Secretary of State candidate Valentina Gomez chose to celebrate Juneteenth by posting a video urging Black people to get out of America.

"Reparations from slavery and black victimization is about to be shoved down our throats for the most wretched holiday in America," said Gomez in the video. "BLM raised millions. And what did they do for Black lives? It is outrageous to see people ask you for reparations, even though they never went through slavery. These ungrateful people should be celebrating because they were born in the greatest nation to ever exist."

"Here's a tip; If you don't like America, kindly, get the f--- out," she concluded.

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when the final enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas were notified of emancipation by Union General Gordon Granger. Black families had celebrated Juneteenth as a holiday for decades, and it finally was proclaimed a federal holiday in 2021.

Many prominent Republicans have attacked the holiday since then, however, with far-right commentator Candace Owens trashing it as a "ghetto holiday." Gomez shouted out Owens specifically in her own video.

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Gomez has become widely known for her attention-seeking stunts as a candidate in the Missouri Secretary of State race. In February, she posted a video of herself using a flamethrower to torch library books with LGBTQ themes, proclaiming, "This is what I will do to the grooming books when I am Secretary of State."

And last month, she released a campaign video in which she admonished Americans, "don't be weak and gay," an expression she has increasingly adopted as a calling card of her campaign. Her video featured her wearing a shirt bearing the slogan.

Watch the video below or at the link here.