Pop Star Turned Democrat Defends Shocking Music Video Depicting Murder and Assault
Liberty Check
- Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido defended a graphic music video in 2016 that depicted sexual violence and murder, calling it ‘artistic direction’
- Pulido faces mounting scrutiny over past controversies including bringing a registered sex offender to a Texas middle school and posting explicit content online
- The race for Texas’ 15th Congressional District has become one of the most competitive in the nation as Republicans work to expose Pulido’s troubling record
A Latin Grammy Award-winning artist running as a Democrat for Congress is facing renewed scrutiny after his 2016 defense of a shockingly graphic music video resurfaced.
Bobby Pulido, now vying for Texas’ 15th Congressional District, once defended fellow singer Gerardo Ortiz over a disturbing music video that depicted acts of sexual violence and murder. In the production of “Fuiste Mía” (“You were mine”), a man discovers his girlfriend cheating, shoots her lover, then handcuffs and blindfolds the woman before groping her, throwing her in a car trunk, and setting the vehicle on fire.
When the video sparked public outrage, Pulido dismissed the criticism as a matter of artistic freedom.
“I’ve made videos with suggestive images; some have stayed, others have been edited, and still others were never used. That’s the decision of the artist and their team,” Pulido said in response to the backlash.
The resurfaced comments represent just the latest controversy plaguing Pulido’s campaign as he challenges Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, in one of America’s most competitive congressional races. De La Cruz, a two-term incumbent, won her last election with a commanding 57.1% to 42.9% victory over her Democratic opponent.
Pulido, best known for Tejano folk-style songs like “Desvelado” and “Se Murió de Amor,” has won multiple Latin Grammy Awards, including Best Tejano Album in 2025 and 2022. But his transition from entertainment to politics has been marked by a pattern of troubling incidents.
The singer has drawn fire for posting links to explicit websites on his personal X account and for a social media post appearing to show him urinating on President Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Pulido dismissed both controversies, claiming “it’s impossible to have Twitter and not watch porn” and insisting he only poured water on Trump’s star “as a joke.”
Perhaps most damaging is the revelation that Pulido brought a registered sex offender to a Texas middle school benefit concert in 2018. While Pulido denied knowing about his associate’s criminal status, he brushed off media coverage as a “nothing story.”
In his 2016 interview defending the violent music video, Pulido downplayed the graphic content by comparing it to rubbernecking at car accidents.
“What happens when there’s a [car] accident?” Pulido asked.
“Traffic doesn’t flow because people slow down or even stop to see what happened; something similar happens with the regional Mexican genre when these kinds of incidents occur.”
Pulido acknowledged he didn’t always agree with how fellow artists depicted women but insisted everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Rather than address the substance of these controversies, Pulido’s campaign attempted to deflect by attacking De La Cruz over unsubstantiated allegations from her 2021 divorce proceedings. De La Cruz’s former husband accused her of verbally abusing his 14-year-old daughter from a previous relationship — allegations that authorities never investigated and for which no charges were filed.
“This is emblematic of national Republicans doing anything and everything to distract voters from what are very real — not based on a fictional video — child abuse accusations against Monica De La Cruz,” a Pulido campaign spokesperson claimed.
The campaign further argued that Republicans were “deliberately mischaracterizing” Pulido’s decade-old interview about artistic freedom.
Republicans aren’t buying the deflection.
“Bobby Pulido has spent his entire adult life defending perverts and predators while lashing out at members of law enforcement who keep Texans safe. He is a truly sick individual who is morally rotten,” Zach Kraft, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, said in a statement.
Having cleared their respective primaries, Pulido and De La Cruz will face off in the state’s general elections on Nov. 3. The race has drawn national attention as Republicans work to maintain control of competitive seats in South Texas.
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