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The Internet went into frenzy earlier this week after a portly Texas Democrat congressional candidate faceplanted embarrassingly during a debate while trying to attack her GOP opponent.
As Texas Public Radio reported, Republican Brandon Herrera and Democrat Katy Padilla Stout faced off Tuesday night in a nasty debate for the Texas 23rd Congressional District.
They clashed over several important issues, including the Uvalde school shooting, border security, and rural health care. The most important moment, however, came when Stout decided to attack Herrera, a prominent gun rights activist and YouTuber, over what she viewed as sexist and cruel content in his videos.
This backfired spectacularly when Stout inadvertently slammed Herrera for making fun of Nazis, which the Republican was quick to pounce on.
“And here I thought making fun of Nazis was a good thing,” he quipped.
LOL!
WATCH:
Brandon Herrera caught Katy Stout in a humorous misspeak during their debate
“After he made millions of dollars after making jokes online, making fun of n*zis, and making fun of veteran su*cide”
“And here I thought making fun of n*zis was a good thing” – Herrera
“I apologize, I did misspeak. He chooses to goose step on YouTube for clicks and bait and money so that he can promote that type of ideology. He chooses to shame women, call children s-explicit comments”
— yeet (@Awk20000) October 14, 2026
STOUT: He made millions of dollars after making jokes online, making fun of nazis, and making fun of veteran suicide…Making fun of all these things we know he does not need to be doing.
HERRERA: And here I thought making fun of Nazis was a good thing. My grandfather was a Silver Star recipient from the Korean War…I watched him wither in the VA system before he died.
And I got to see how badly we were failing the veterans of this country. I have family with a proud history of military service.
Me and my business partners have raised over a million dollars for veterans’ charities…That is something we deeply, deeply care about.
STOUT: I apologize, I did misspeak. He chooses to goose step on YouTube for clicks and bait and money so that he can promote that type of ideology.
He chooses to shame women, call children sexually explicit comments, and he wants to represent us in office.
Herrera later posted his thoughts on the debate.
“The debate tonight was great,” Herrera wrote. “It was fun to watch my opponent realize on live television that lying and slandering me isn’t a substitution for a platform.”
The debate tonight was great.
It was fun to watch my opponent realize on live television that lying and slandering me isn’t a substitution for a platform. https://t.co/swDqtyJeOi
— Brandon Herrera (@TheAKGuy) October 14, 2026
X users responded to Herrera’s moment and resounding debate victory by flooding his timeline with some provocative memes.
Many poked fun at Stout’s figure while referring to her rampant campaign spending on cookies and other types of unhealthy food.
@TheAKGuy https://t.co/VizxNkU9hX
— PKA Podcast Clips (@PKAClips) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy https://t.co/4tqomKXrq8
— Night Office (@OscarOverboard) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy https://t.co/UMH3LdgqFS
— Tony Jay (@ppleatr) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy @KirscheVerstahl Well played https://t.co/vYrlDda822
— Junkyard dog (@Junkyarddog45) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy https://t.co/vFECl6dTjB
— Chocobo Joe (@chocobojoe1) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy https://t.co/0uN1TyIjwy
— Ruby Ridge (@Mp5_4u) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy Fixed it for you https://t.co/lJxYL11MAc
— basedegenerate (@basedegenerate) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy https://t.co/W5fJAeJlLM
— james lacey (@RealLaceyJames) October 14, 2026
@TheAKGuy https://t.co/TNZRbxwS1v
— ®obert Huck (@RobertHuck1) October 14, 2026
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