{"id":86718,"date":"2025-12-13T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/86718\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:28:21","slug":"texas-dem-hopefuls-porn-laced-social-media-criticized-as-he-courts-swing-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/86718\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Dem hopeful\u2019s porn-laced social media criticized as he courts swing voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Bobby Pulido, an award-winning musician-turned-congressional candidate, has a digital footprint of references to explicit material that lingers on his social media as he pursues a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">From 2013 to as recently as 2024, Pulido has posted a range of links, images and references to pornographic material.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Pulido <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbypulido425\/status\/349718594030018560?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told viewers<\/a> to visit pornographic website YouPorn if bored and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbypulido425\/status\/406588702652379136?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reposted links<\/a> to porn sites featuring the music of fellow musicians, asking them if they\u2019re receiving royalties for being featured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later that same year, he posted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbypulido425\/status\/406589402820124672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a link to XVideos<\/a> with the caption &#8220;homemade porn while sleep-deprived?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pulido-and-twitter-logo.jpg\" alt=\"A side-by-side image of the X logo and Bobby Pulido\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Bobby Pulido, right, shown next to the X logo, left. (Mateusz Slodkowski\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images; Medios y Media\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/latino-texas-dem-congressional-candidate-calls-out-aoc-her-use-term-latinx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LATINO TEXAS DEM CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE CALLS OUT AOC FOR HER USE OF TERM &#8216;LATINX&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, he posted a link to YouPorn but later deleted it, claiming his account had been hacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s impossible to have Twitter and not watch porn,&#8221; Pulido said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbypulido425\/status\/439828151858769920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a 2014 post on X,<\/a> formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To everyone crying over the shutdown of XVideos, I\u2019m telling you there are other free sites. I mean, that\u2019s what they\u2019ve told me. #you\u2019rewelcome,&#8221; Pulido wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbypulido425\/status\/771490902346838016?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2016 post on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-democrat-latin-grammy-winner-party-recruit-caught-defacing-trumps-hollywood-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TEXAS DEMOCRAT \u2014 A LATIN GRAMMY WINNER AND PARTY RECRUIT \u2014 CAUGHT DEFACING TRUMP\u2019S HOLLYWOOD STAR<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pulido-and-trump-hollywood-star.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Pulido, left, pictured alongside Trump's Hollywood star, right\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Bobby Pulido, left, pictured alongside Trump&#8217;s Hollywood star, right. (Medios y Media\/Getty Images and David Livingston\/Getty Images\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>Pulido&#8217;s online history follows him in his bid to unseat Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas. His race, which is expected to be one of the more competitive opportunities for Democrats in Texas after a redistricting effort in the state looks to squeeze five Democrats out of office, will turn on whether he can attract support from across the aisle. A two-term incumbent, De La Cruz last won election to the district in 2024 in a 57.1%\u201342.9% victory over Democratic nominee Michelle Vallejo. Redistricting changes will still favor Republicans but are expected to put the seat more in reach for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had heavily recruited Pulido to run, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/weekly-score\/2025\/01\/13\/democrats-recruit-tejano-star-for-south-texas-house-seat-00197758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reporting\u00a0<\/a>from Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the slew of posts, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) blasted Pulido&#8217;s record, calling them problematic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Radical Bobby Pulido is unhinged and unfit to serve in Congress,&#8221; NRCC spokesperson Reilly Richardson told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Pulido is best known for Tejano, or Mexican-Spanish folk-style songs like &#8220;Desvelado&#8221; and &#8220;Se Muri\u00f3 de Amor,&#8221; and he received five nominations for a Latin Grammy Award, winning Best Tejano Album in 2022 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Since announcing his bid, Pulido has attempted to reframe himself as a bipartisan candidate with a strong emphasis on family. He has scrubbed his social media of more references to his political stances \u2014 like a photo of himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-democrat-latin-grammy-winner-party-recruit-caught-defacing-trumps-hollywood-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">urinating on Trump\u2019s Hollywood Walk of Fame star.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You may know me as Bobby Pulido the singer,&#8221; Pulido said in his campaign\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_m8ChgwIpbA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">launch video.<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;I am Jos\u00e9 Roberto Pulido Jr., the son of a migrant farmworker and 100% South Texas Tejano. Let me tell you. I won\u2019t stand by and watch the South Texas that raised me be torn down and divided.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite his profile\u2019s scrubbing, many of his posts referencing porn remain in place. A few explicit images have also escaped removal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although Pulido himself has denied participating in any adult material, he has reposted fans noting his music\u2019s use in explicit productions. As recently as 2024, he posted a picture of a fan in a compromising position at one of his concerts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-gop-senator-says-crockett-announcement-exposes-how-radical-dems-are-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TOP GOP SENATOR SAYS CROCKETT ANNOUNCEMENT EXPOSES HOW \u2018RADICAL\u2019 DEMS ARE NATIONWIDE<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bobby-pulido-posts-fan-at-concert-in-revealing-possition.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Pulido posts fan image from concert\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Bobby Pulido, right, pictured standing next to a woman at one of his concerts, left, in a revealing position. (Bobby Pulido)<\/p>\n<p>At the time, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soygrupero.com.mx\/noticias-del-dia\/bobby-pulido-sube-foto-genera-controversia-fans\/2017\/07\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">received backlash<\/a> for the post but initially kept the image up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pulido\u2019s campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s multiple requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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