Dem Leaders condemn Texas candidate's antisemitic rhetoric
TL;DR
Top House Democrats condemned Texas Democratic runoff candidate Maureen Galindo after she posted antisemitic remarks about Zionists and pledged to turn an ICE detention center into a “prison for American Zionists.” They called the rhetoric disqualifying and pointed to outside money from the newly formed Lead Left PAC boosting her campaign, with funding sources unclear. Galindo led the March primary in Texas’ 35th District and is in a runoff against Johnny Garcia; the winner will face the Republican runoff winner between Carlos De La Cruz and John Lujan.
- House Democratic leaders condemn Texas candidate for antisemitic comments NBC News
- Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo faces backlash for pledging to imprison 'American Zionists' at ICE facility Fox News
- Dems slam Maureen Galindo’s comments as antisemitic in TX-35 runoff The Texas Tribune
- House Democrats condemn Texas candidate for antisemitism and accuse a PAC of boosting her CNN
- Opinion | Democrats Can’t Let This Antisemitic Sex Therapist Win Her Runoff The New York Times
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