Texas Democratic voters in the 35th Congressional District decisively rejected far-left activist Maureen Galindo in the runoff, handing a nearly 30-point victory to Johnny Garcia and abruptly halting a campaign marred by open antisemitism and extremist rhetoric.
According to The Post Millennial, Garcia, a former hostage negotiator and public information officer for the Bexar County Sheriffs Office, had been the target of escalating attacks from Galindo, who accused him of supporting putting Jews and Mexicans in warehouses because of his backing for immigration enforcement. Galindo herself had openly embraced the notion of putting Jews in such facilities, a stance that underscored how radical elements on the left have increasingly fused anti-law-enforcement sentiment with hostility toward Jews and supporters of Israel.
Galindo, a sex therapist and housing activist, drew national condemnation after a series of social media posts targeting Jews, Zionists, Israel, ICE, and law enforcement. In one Instagram post, Galindo said she would turn the Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking.
It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists, she wrote, language more reminiscent of fringe hate forums than of a serious congressional campaign. She also said that Zionist Jews own our media, our banks, and all of our politicians, while claiming that she was not antisemitic, during an appearance on Texas Public Radio.
Im against Zionist Jews, Galindo said, attempting to draw a distinction that has become a familiar rhetorical shield for the hard left even as it recycles classic antisemitic tropes. In other posts, she alleged that Israel effectively controlled ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, called Flock safety cameras that use coordinated surveillance to track and apprehend criminals Israeli spyware, and described Zionist Jews as genocidal European colonizer freaks.
Galindo also suggested Zionists were not real Jews and pushed conspiracy theories linking Israel to Jeffrey Epstein and global trafficking networks. The rhetoric prompted backlash from prominent Democrats nationwide, who appeared eager to distance the party from the most explicit expressions of antisemitism even as similar themes have gained traction on the progressive left.
This antisemitic rhetoric has no place in our politics, Texas State Rep. James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for US Senate, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, as he also noted that Galindo had criticized Christian Zionists. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) likewise condemned the remarks, writing on X: First current political candidate suggests concentration camps for American Jews. This should be national news!
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) similarly said Galindo should never be allowed to hold public office. Even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has frequently been accused of promoting anti-Israel rhetoric, slammed Galindo, writing on X, "This is absolutely disgusting. This bigoted garbage and antisemitism should be nowhere near our politics."
The New York Times editorial board had previously urged Democratic voters not to support Galindo in the runoff, a rare moment in which establishment media and party leaders moved to check the excesses of their own activist base. For many observers on the right, the episode underscores how deeply antisemitic and anti-law-enforcement narratives have penetrated progressive politicsand how much pressure it now takes for Democrats to draw a clear line against them.
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