Opinion | He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him. (Gift Article)

🗳VOTE Katy Padilla Stout for TX-23! www.katyforcongress.com #Katy4CongressTX23 No to piggy Brandon Herrera! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...

Hey, TX-23! 🗳VOTE Katy Padilla Stout for TX-23! www.katyforcongress.com #Katy4CongressTX23 No to piggy Brandon Herrera! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...

I can, however, tell you about the Nazi and eugenics stuff. In a 2022 video, Herrera and a buddy in sunglasses and a balaclava tested a Nazi-era submachine gun, then goose-stepped to a Nazi marching song. Herre... #democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism 👉 Vote 'em Out!

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/opinion/brandon-herrera-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A1E.jiM7.3sYcOwpsDRTB&smid=url-share > I can, however, tell you about the Nazi and eugenics stuff. In a 2022 video, Herrera and a buddy in sunglasses and a balaclava tested a Nazi-era submachine […]

New York Times Opinion, August 10 "Two weeks ago, ahead of a fund-raiser that Mike Johnson, the House speaker, was holding for Herrera, The Austin American-Statesman reached out to Herrera’s campaign about these resurfaced comments." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...

New York Times Opinion: Because this is a family newspaper, I cannot quote the piquant term that Brandon Herrera, a Republican House candidate in Texas, used to refer to children in a 2023 video. I can only report that he called them “trophies” for getting a man to ejaculate.

"Thanks to President Trump, misogyny and extremism among Republicans have become what journalists sometimes call a dog-bites-man story, something so ordinary and predictable that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high threshold." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...

"I haven’t seen much public hand-wringing about the decision of the pious Johnson to raise money for Herrera, nor debate about what his candidacy means for the Republican Party’s attitude toward women, Jews or seniors." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...