Democrats rip Texas Democratic candidate who says she’d make ICE detention center ‘prison for American Zionists’
Democratic leaders say the runoff has been distorted by a six-figure ad campaign backing Galindo and by redistricting that made the seat more competitive.
- On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene condemned Texas congressional candidate Maureen Galindo, demanding Republicans cease funding her candidacy and calling her antisemitic rhetoric "disqualifying."
- Lead Left PAC, a newly registered group with metadata links to the GOP fundraising platform WinRed, has invested $428,000 to boost Galindo, with reporting indicating "Republican fingerprints are detectable" around the mysterious organization.
- Galindo recently pledged to transform the Karnes ICE Detention Center into a "prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking," further claiming the facility would serve as a "castration processing center for pedophiles."
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Dave McCormick denounced the remarks from across the political spectrum, with McCormick arguing "If a Republican candidate proposed putting Jews in work camps it would be a national media story for days.
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Texas Democrat Threatens To Jail 'Zionists' — And Left Leaders Are Blaming Republicans - Tampa Free Press
A major political fight is happening right now over a Texas congressional race. Maureen Galindo is running as a Democrat for the state’s 35th district. Last week, she made a shocking post on Instagram. She promised to turn a detention center into a prison just for “American Zionists.” She also said her new prison would […] Texas Democrat Threatens To Jail ‘Zionists’ — And Left Leaders Are Blaming Republicans
Dem Candidate Calls For ‘Prison’ And ‘Castration’ For Zionists
By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | May 20, 2026 After calling for Zionists to be placed in a “prison” and a “castration processing center,” a Democrat front-runner for a Texas Congressional District is attempting to defend her incendiary comments days before a primary. The Instagram account of Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist heading into the Democrat runoff primary in the redrawn 35th Congressional District, said in a post last week that “S…
Democrat Maureen Galindo’s ‘Zionist internment camp’ posts spark outrage, party infighting in Texas’ 35th District
A Democrat from San Antonio running for Congress is facing backlash, including criticism from members of her own party, after a viral Instagram post. Maureen Galindo, who is fighting for the Democratic nomination in Texas’ newly redrawn 35th Congressional District, wrote in third person and posted the following on May 13: “The billionaire Zionists that control San Antonio and South Texas trafficking networks have coordinated a blitz campaign to …
Democratic leaders are trying to stop Maureen Galindo, a candidate who has repeatedly expressed anti-Semitic views, from winning his party’s nomination in the second round of the Texas elections next week, and have accused Republicans of backing up his campaign. Galindo faces Johnny Garcia in the second round of Democratic primaries in the state’s 35th Congressional District, located in the San Antonio area. The district was redesigned by Texas …
‘Be Ashamed’: Jeffries Accuses GOP-Backed PAC of Boosting Virulently Anti-Semitic Dem Candidate
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) demanded this week that Republicans must stop “propping up” a virulently anti-Semitic candidate in Texas, who is running as a Democrat for Congress. Congressional candidate Maureen Galindo (D-TX) drew bipartisan condemnation this week after she vowed to convert an ICE detention center into a “prison for American Zionists.” Galindo, who is running Texas’s recentl…
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