Brandon Gill, the son-in-law of right-wing commentator Dinesh D'Souza, has won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House seat in Texas' 26th District. Gill, a former investment banker, said in 2022 he founded a right-wing website called DC Enquirer. 2000 mules, A father-in-law conspiracy film about the 2020 election.
Mr Gill easily defeated 10 other candidates in the race to replace MP Michael Burgess, who is retiring after 21 years in Congress. According to the Associated Press, Mr. Gill received about 60% of the vote in the comfortably red district, making him the overwhelming favorite to take on Democrat Ernest Reinberger III in November. There is.
Mr. Gill was a political unknown until 2022, when he founded the DC Enquirer and quickly built it into a staunchly pro-former President Donald Trump news outlet that fueled a myriad of election conspiracies.
“2000 mules “Thinking is changing and people are waking up and realizing that the 2020 election was not free and fair,” said Gill, who attended the film's premiere at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. he wrote on Twitter months later, in May 2022. Gill's website is 2000 mules, a so-called documentary made by D'Souza that made outlandish claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. The film was quickly debunked by multiple fact-checking organizations. At a court hearing last month, the groups on which the film's claims are based told a judge there was no evidence to support their claims.
In recent weeks, millions of dollars have been spent on attack ads by two Republican super PACs against far-right Republican House candidates, including Mr. Gill. But that's no match for support from Mr. Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Sen. Mike Lee and even other heavyweights in the MAGA faction of the Republican Party. There wasn't. the mccloskey family– A far-right couple who rose to Republican celebrity in 2020 after pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters walking in front of their home in St. Louis.
And Gill still seems focused on spreading false claims of 2020 election fraud, posting to X in November: Secure our elections! ”
