A Democratic Senate hopeful is facing criticism over his description of Republicans’ “culture identity.”
On Wednesday, conservative X user Greg Price shared a video of Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) speaking at an event.
“Weapons have become more of a cultural thing, right?” Gallego said.
He added, “If you are a Republican, you have to have a bunch of guns, some jacked-up truck with those little cow nuts hanging in the back. That’s your cultural identity now.”
Watch the video below:
Several people took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to criticize Gallego who is running for Senate in Arizona.
Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren wrote, “And if you’re a democrat you have to have a sex change, mental illness, and drive a Prius with your own nuts hanging in the back. That’s your cultural identity now.”
“Look at how mocks hard-working Arizonans He thinks we’re dumb hicks for owning trucks He wants to take away our 2nd Amendment rights He’s weirdly obsessed with testicles Just call us deplorable get it over with, Ruben And stay in the swamp. It suits you,” wrote failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
Conservative strategist Andrew Clark wrote, “If you’re gonna try to trash talk half the people of your state at least get the anatomy about nuts right.”
Another user chimed in, “Wow – is the the kind of ‘statesman’ we want in the US Senate? Ahhhh …. No.”
Gallego announced his Senate bid after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) revealed her decision to leave the Democratic Party.