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A pro-gun YouTuber known for recreating the assassination of US presidents online is a challenger for the Texas congressional district that takes in Uvalde, the site of one of the country's worst ever school shootings.
Rep. Tony Gonzalez, who currently holds the seat, failed to clinch victory in Tuesday's primary.
Now, he will face off against Brandon Herrera in a November run-off.
Gonzalez is a moderate Republican who voted for gun control after the horrific Uvalde school massacre in 2022.
But in a sign of the area's unwavering support of the 2nd Amendment, he is now being challenged by Herrera.
Texas Congressional candidate and Second Amendment fanatic Brandon Herrera has 3.2 million followers on YouTube, where he recreates the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, JFK and MLK
In the YouTube video of the Lincoln assassination he recreated, Congressional candidate Brandon Herrera smashed open a fake skull that was supposed to represents Lincoln's head and pulled out the brain, squeezing fake blood out of it
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, center, speaking at a news conference on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in July 2021
Salvador Ramos, 18, killed 19 students and two teachers - and wounded 17 others - at Robb Elementary School in the Texas city during the May 24 rampage
The 23rd Congressional district in Texas is home to Uvalde, a South Texas town where parents are still grieving the loss of 19 kids and two teachers who were slaughtered
