{"id":662680,"date":"2026-03-17T19:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/662680\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:24:21","slug":"u-s-house-hopeful-brandon-herrera-backs-out-of-san-antonio-radio-show-at-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/662680\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. House hopeful Brandon Herrera backs out of San Antonio radio show at last minute"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Gun influencer-turned-congressional candidate Brandon \u201cAK Guy\u201d Herrera speaks at an event. Credit: Wikimedia Commons \/ Gage Skidmore<\/p>\n

Brandon Herrera, a Republican running for a San Antonio U.S. House district, pulled out of a live interview on Texas Public Radio on Monday, leaving host David Martin Davies high and dry.<\/p>\n

In a clip tweeted out moments before the Davies\u2019 radio show The Source was set to begin, the host informed listeners that Herrera\u2019s campaign manager said the candidate was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict.<\/p>\n

The last-minute cancelation comes just three days after media outlets including MeidasTouch News and Courier Texas reported on an old clip of Herrera, a YouTube gun influencer known to fans as the \u201cAK Guy,\u201d promoting a Confederate heritage group.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis campaign manager said something came up and they had to drop out,\u201d Davies said in his online announcement about the cancelation. \u201cWe will try to reschedule and see if they will work with us on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WATCH: David Martin Davies with Texas Public Radio says TX-23 GOP candidate Brandon Herrera dropped out of his scheduled call-in appearance on today\u2019s show. pic.twitter.com\/1ObyLrakBU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lone Star Pioneer (@lonestarpioneer) March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Herrera\u2019s campaign didn\u2019t immediately respond to the Current\u2019s request for comment about the withdrawal.<\/p>\n

In the resurfaced promotional clip that began circling over the weekend, a young Herrera talks up the Confederate heritage group Fayetteville Arsenal Camp 168, a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a hereditary group set up to honor Confederate soldiers and preserve Confederate memorials.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce a year, we actually have what we call our \u2018Annual Yankee Shoot,\u2019 where we go out back with black powder rifles \u2014\u00a0some that were actually in the war \u2014\u00a0and we go out and shoot up posters of our favorite Yankees,\u201d Herrera, who\u2019s wearing a white polo shirt emblazoned with an emblem of the Confederate battle flag, says in the decades-old clip.<\/p>\n

Democrat Katy Padilla Stout, an attorney and former school teacher running against Herrera to represent Texas\u2019 23rd Congressional District, slammed her rival on social media over the video. She and Herrera are vying to represent a district that includes a western part of San Antonio and a long stretch of the Texas-Mexico border. <\/p>\n

\u201cHonoring those who fought to preserve slavery is just another example of why Brandon Herrera has no business in the U.S. Congress,\u201d Stout tweeted. \u201cThese are not the values of the people of TX23.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Honoring those who fought to preserve slavery is just another example of why Brandon Herrera has no business in the U.S. Congress. These are not the values of the people of #TX23<\/a>. https:\/\/t.co\/hkcFtz8urG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Katy Padilla Stout (@katy4congress) March 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As of press time, Stout was slated to join Davies on TPR\u2019s The Source Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The reappearance of the Herrera\u2019s Fayetteville Arsenal Camp 168 is only the latest controversy for the Trump-endorsed candidate, who landed GOP nomination for TX23 after incumbent U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales dropped out due to a scandal<\/a> involving the fiery death of a former staffer with whom he had an affair.<\/p>\n

During his first run against Gonzalez in 2024, Herrera came under scrutiny<\/a> for content on his YouTube show, which included joking about veteran suicides and mocking the appearance of Trump\u2019s teenage son. During one episode, he marched to a Nazi propaganda song and joked that a submachine gun used by Nazi soldiers was the original \u201cghetto blaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

More recently, a clip of Herrera bragging about his 1939 English edition copy of Mein Kampf made the rounds online. However, he later told the New York Times he doesn\u2019t share Hitler\u2019s views. <\/p>\n

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