Democratic Candidate Maureen Galindo Faces Criticism Over Social Media Post

Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo posted a statement proposing to convert a local ICE facility into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers. The post also described the facility as a castration processing center for pedophiles, which it said would include most Zionists.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued a joint statement calling the language disqualifying. They said House Republican leadership must cease propping up the candidacy, pull spending in the race, and forcefully condemn the comments.

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Called the comments absolutely disgusting and said the bigoted garbage and antisemitism should be nowhere near politics. She urged voters in the district to support Galindo's primary opponent, Johnny Garcia, and said the donors behind the Republican super PAC funding her should be exposed.

State Rep. James Talarico said leadership in both parties should call out hate wherever it rears its ugly head. He added that the antisemitic rhetoric has no place in politics.

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Said the statement was truly shocking and that every elected Democrat needs to publicly condemn it immediately. Sen. , called it beyond despicable that a Democrat candidate is openly calling for a Jewish concentration camp in the United States of America in 2026.

Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, said Republicans should stop propping up her sham candidacy and that Galindo has no place in the party or in Congress. Galindo is in a primary runoff election next week against Johnny Garcia, who has been endorsed by the DCCC.

In the first round, Galindo received 29 percent of the vote and Garcia received 27 percent.