Gun-toting Republican candidate raps on “Free Trump” song

A Republican candidate has appeared in a new rap video featuring the hashtag “#FreeTrump,” following the former president’s conviction in a high-profile hush-money criminal trial.

Trump supporter Valentina Gomez, who is running to be the GOP’s candidate for Missouri’s secretary of state, has dropped a verse on Hi-Rez’s track “America First,” in which the pair espouse their conservative values.

In a variety of settings that range from her walking through a supermarket to holding a firearm aloft, Gomez raps: “I am America First / Not benefiting my purse / I never sell out the people to raise my net worth / The Second Amendment is there to always protect my First / A better rapper than Lupe [Fiasco] and I don’t even have to curse.”

She continues: “Let’s Keep the American Dream alive and put an end to all lies / BLM raised billions and what did they do for Black lives? / Politicians promise you the whole world then they backslide / What happened to Hunter’s laptop? You know I’m always strapped up / Gun rights are women’s rights / Feminists based on a lie / You can mess around and find out / Play stupid games, win a stupid prize.”

While no mention of actually freeing Trump is made in the track, the hashtag is displayed at the start of the video. Hi-Rez, whose real name is Jesse Friedman, is shown driving around with a person wearing a Trump mask in much of the video.

Tagging conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, Gomez shared her verse in the music video on X, formerly Twitter, on June 1. The clip was edited to include the “#FreeTrump” hashtag underneath it as Gomez rapped.

“This is how to rap @benshapiro,” she captioned the post. “Facts don’t care about your feelings. America First w/@HiRezTheRapper.”

As of press time, the post has garnered more than 600,000 views on the platform. Newsweek has contacted a representative of Gomez via email for comment.

On June 2, attorney Ron Filipkowski, who is a frequent Trump critic, posted the video to his own X account, adding the caption: “MAGA congressional candidate Valentina Gomez is out with a rap ad.”

“Ron, I’m running for Secretary of State,” Gomez responded. “But I love the fact you want me in congress. I’m glad you love my latest hit❤️ it’s also on Spotify so you can hear me on repeat on your way to spread fake news.”

Gomez, 24, is one of several Republicans running to be the party’s candidate for Missouri’s secretary of state. The incumbent, Republican Jay Ashcroft, left the seat open after deciding to run for governor.

In May, she faced a backlash after releasing a video telling people not to be gay. The short video, posted on social media, showed Gomez speaking to the camera while jogging in a bulletproof jacket.

“In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay,” Gomez said in the clip, which also showed the secretary of state hopeful holding a rifle and a handgun.

While the post sparked a wave of criticism, Gomez told Newsweek in an emailed statement: “I have been overwhelmed with tremendous support! President Trump and I are leading the charge to take our country back from the weak and gay Biden-Harris administration that has destroyed our nation on all fronts,” she said.

Gomez has previously gained attention for several viral stunts, including a video in which she burned LGBTQ+-friendly books with a flamethrower.

One of the key pledges on her website is to remove electronic voting machines and transition to universal paper-ballot hand counting, aligning with a key MAGA belief that the machines allow election fraud, despite there being no evidence to back this up.

Trump was found guilty on May 30 of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment. The former president was accused of arranging shortly before the 2016 election for his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she alleges she had with Trump.

The money was listed in the Trump Organization’s records as “legal fees,” which prosecutors said was part of an unlawful attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 race. Trump had admitted to reimbursing Cohen for the Daniels payment but denied all wrongdoing, saying the criminal trial was part of a political witch hunt aimed at derailing his White House bid. He also denied Daniels’ allegation about the encounter.

After being convicted, Trump said outside of the New York City courtroom: “This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt.”