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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Democrats Descend Into Circular Firing Squad Over Their Candidate Who Wants To Put ‘American Zionists’ In Prison
by Nicole Silverio at CDN - House Democrats declared war Wednesday on Democratic Texas congressional candidate Maureen Galindo, who stated she wanted to imprison “American Zionists.” Galindo wrote in an Instagram post on May 13 that she wanted to turn an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center into a “prison for American Zionists” and former ICE officers for so-called “human … Click to read the rest HERE-> Democrats Descend I…
NOT HIDING IT: 'Squad' Candidate in Texas Vows to Put Americans in Internment Camps
A Texas Democrat with her sights set on Congress is heading towards a runoff election. And in her own words, she wants ‘American Zionists’ and ‘former ICE Officers’ to head somewhere else — PRISON. Her fiery campaign rhetoric of anti-establishment leftism would normally ring in perfect harmony with the actual Congressional ‘Squad’ crew. But Democrat Maureen Galindo’s remarks have even some of her natural political allies drawing the line, which …
Bexar County Democratic Party denounces ‘antisemite’ U.S. House candidate Maureen Galindo
The Bexar County Democratic Party on Wednesday joined other political organizations in denouncing the rhetoric of Democratic South Texas Congressional candidate Maureen Galindo, which observers on both sides of the aisle have denounced as antisemitic. “Antisemitism and hateful rhetoric have no place in the Democratic Party or in our communities,” the statement said. “Maureen Galindo’s […] The post Bexar County Democratic Party denounces ‘antisem…
Dems distance themselves from Texas candidate calling for Zionists to be imprisoned, castrated
Elected Democrats denounced a candidate for a House seat in Texas this week over her calls to imprison and castrate Zionists and raised questions about her funding from a newly-formed super PAC with possible Republican ties.Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist who led the first round of the Democratic primary in Texas’s 35th Congressional District, has drawn scrutiny for her social media posts about Jews and calling to turn immigration detention cen…
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