The ShamWow guy wants to clean up his biggest mess yet: the woke Left. Offer Vince Shlomi, who is best known as the ShamWow infomercial host, filed Friday to run for Congress in Texas as a Republican. “ShamWow” is even listed as part of Shlomi’s official name in the filing records.
“I’m the ShamWow guy,” Shlomi told The Daily Wire. “You want a boring politician or an exciting one?”
Shlomi said he was inspired to run after Charlie Kirk was killed.
“I feel called to stand on my beliefs and make real change in this world in his honor,” Shlomi said. “Charlie Kirk stood for what he believed in and entered himself into the fight, but more powerfully, he encouraged others to do the same.”
Shlomi admired the way Kirk stood up against “wokeism.”
“I see kids who are happy, and as they get older, they’re unhappy because they’re being subjected to wokeism.”
Shlomi thinks social media algorithms play a big role in that wokeism, something he vows to change if elected.
“Google, YouTube, and all social media companies need their codes to be open source,” Shlomi said. “The algorithms need to be fair and transparent, not biased. Google and YouTube suppress conservative views on [their] platforms and discriminate [against] anything that ridicules their woke ideology.”
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The 61-year-old is running against incumbent John Carter, as well as five other candidates looking to represent Texas’ 31st District, which covers parts of Austin, Temple, and Fort Hood.
Shlomi’s campaign slogan is “Soak the Swamp.” An ode to ShamWow, the super-absorbent cleaning cloth that Shlomi made a name selling. The ShamWow commercials played throughout the early 2000s.
“I mean, I took a rag and made millions.”
The entrepreneur said his “rags to riches” experience with ShamWow makes him a natural fit for Congress.
“I am a great salesman, they say I’m the GOAT at pitching. I should be a Congressman, pitching bills that improve the Texas 31st constituents’ lives. I’m not a polished politician, but I wasn’t polished when I was the pitchman either — and that’s why you loved me.”
His reputation needed a ShamWow cleanup after an incident with an alleged hooker in Miami back in 2009.
Shlomi was arrested for aggravated battery after getting into a fight with a woman at a Miami hotel. Per an NBC News report, Shlomi struck the woman with his fists after she bit his tongue and wouldn’t let go. Prosecutors didn’t press charges.
“I was defending myself, and the public needs to know that,” Shlomi said. “It turned into a comedic story and sparked tons of rumors. I own up to the fact that I shouldn’t have put myself there.”
ShamWow Shlomi has a year to wipe out his competition for Congress. Election Day is in November 2026.
