Controversial MAGA influencer Valentina Gomez has been barred from entering the UK, a week after being granted ETA approval.
Self-proclaimed MAGA influencer Valentina Gomez has been barred from entering the UK as she was due to attend a far-right rally organized by Tommy Robinson in London on May 16. This happened a week after entry was allowed through the UK’s electronic travel authorisation. According to The Guardian report, UK minister Shabana Mahmood intervened and withdrew the approval. Gomez is banned on the same grounds that Kanye West was banned from traveling to the UK earlier this month. It is said that his presence “will not be conducive to the public good”. Valentina Gomez, 26, attended the first Unite the Kingdom rally in September, 2025. He said, “England, they took your guns, they took your swords and they raped your women. You have nothing more to lose, but there is still hope. You are still in the majority. So you either fight for this country or you let all these rapist Muslims and corrupt politicians take over power.”Addressing police officers at the rally, she said, “I want you to stop following orders because you know you are being asked to look away while your country is being forced to surrender.” Colombia-born Christian Gomez is known for her anti-Islam stunts. In August last year, she burned a copy of the Quran and vowed to rid Texas of this religion if she was elected to Congress. She was running in the Republican primary for Texas’s 31st congressional district, which took place on March 3, 2026. She received only 10% of the vote share and lost to incumbent Rep John Carter. Earlier this year, Gomez claimed she was barred from attending some local Republican events in Texas because she was exposing Carter. Ahead of her May visit to Britain, which has now been put on hold, she was daring the UK government to arrest her.