Mayra Flores in GRUBGATE Scandal

What was the point?

There are two things Texans know as FACT:

• Politicians lie about really stupid stuff.

• Mexican food is tasty.

Both of these facts collided yesterday in what many people are referring to as GRUBGATE.

Mayra Flores, former Congresswoman and current candidate for US House Texas District 34, posted a delicious photo of a “gorditas de masa” with the caption of “The Ranch life with family is the best.” She also clarified the type of food in the photo, implying she both took the photo and made the dish.

Someone asked if they were “pu pusas” but she clarified they were “gorditas de masa”

Unfortunately, several things were later revealed about the photo she posted:

• This meal was not made at a “ranch” on this continent.

• These are not gorditas de masa.

• She did not take this photo.

• She did not make this dish.

A user on X noticed that the photo Flores posted was from the “Visit Guyana” Facebook page from March of 2022. The original post can be found here.

The meal in the photo is not even Mexican food, it’s a Guyanese dish likely of stew with sada roti. Guyanese people are not even considered Latino.

After this was noticed by the public, Flores locked down her X account and proceeded to change her handle from @MayraFlores_TX to @MayraFlores4Tx.

This prompted us to launch a full investigation in which it was discovered that the stolen food images don’t end with just this dish. Flores posted a photo in September of last year, going as far as to clarify the cheese used.

Turns out this photo (with higher resolution) comes from multiple sources, including a Facebook page from 2021.

And another from her Instagram from August 2022 where she says she loves the “Rancho life” surrounded by her family.

The picture was also posted to several pages, including one from a Facebook page in 2019 called Comida De Rancho.

This photo from 2023 where she said “Flour tortillas with beans and family is the best.”

This was also posted in 2021 on a Facebook page called Primera Fila Mx.

And here a photo from 2023 where she proclaims she’s a “proud Latina who knows how to cook” and cites that homemade Mexican food tastes better from a gas stove.

The same photo was posted in 2021 from the Izabal Magazine Facebook page. Also, likely from a wood burning stove.

There was actually quite a few more pictures we found, but we got tired, and also hungry.

We input this entire situation into Current Revolt’s AI system, and it suggested that Flores should hold a press conference to address the rumors that she cannot cook. It also gave us the following image:

This is an AI generated image we made. We did not steal the image from another page.

This is by far the worst thing that has happened in Texas in 2024.