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House candidate Maureen Galindo pledges to send =E2=80=98American zionis= ts=E2=80=99 to internment camp

Despite a growing storm of criticism, including from members of her own = party, the San Antonio Democrat insists she=E2=80=99s not antisemitic. =09
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Mau= reen Galindo is running as a Democrat to represent Texas=E2=80=99 35th Cong= ressional District. Credit: Facebook / Maureen Galindo for Congress

Controversy-tarred congressional candidate Maureen Galindo this week pledged to transform a= site south of San Antonio now used by the Trump administration to detain m= igrants into an internment camp for =E2=80=9CAmerican Zionists.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=9CShe=E2=80=99ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison f= or American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking,=E2=80= =9D Gal= indo wrote in an Instagram post over the weekend, referring to herself = in the third person. =E2=80=9CIt will also be a castration processing cente= r for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists.=E2=80=9D

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Galindo=E2=80=99s latest set of inflammatory remarks comes as the Democr= atic hopeful for Texas=E2=80=99 newly redrawn 35th Congressional District c= ontinues to draw national attention for remar= ks critics have called antisemitic and untethered from reality. The controv= ersy is snowballing as she heads into the May 26 Democratic primary runoff.=

Over the past week, Galindo has accused her runoff opponent =E2=80=94 fo= rmer Bexar County Public Information Officer Johnny Garcia =E2=80=94 of participating in a human trafficking con= spiracy orchestrated by billionaire zionist Jews. She also pledged duri= ng a Texas Public Radio interview to pu= t Garcia on trial for treason.

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Beyond her attacks on Garcia, Galindo has continued to promote the narra= tive that a cabal of Jewish zionists controls Hollywood, the media and even= local politicians.

Even so, in comments to the Current and other media outlets, Galindo mai= ntained she only has an issue with zionists, or those advocating for the ex= istence of a Jewish state in their ancestral homeland, rather than Jews in = general.

=E2=80=9CI think it=E2=80=99s actually the zionists who are putting Jewi= sh people at the most risk,=E2=80=9D Galindo told the Current last week.

The San Antonio Jewish Federation (JFSA) doesn=E2=80=99t see it that way= .

=E2=80=9CThe JFSA strongly condemns the spread of antisemitic tropes and= conspiracy theories in public discourse,=E2=80=9D the group said in a stat= ement responding to Galindo=E2=80=99s remarks. =E2=80=9CDivisive and hatefu= l rhetoric targeting the Jewish community has no place in our civic life.= =E2=80=9D

Indeed, mainstream Democrats have drifted away from Galindo as she rampe= d up her rhetoric.

John Lira, who lost to Galindo in the primary, last week rescinded his e= ndorsement of her. Meanwhile, State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nom= inee for Texas=E2=80=99 contested U.S. Senate seat, on Friday told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he wouldn=E2=80=99t cam= paign alongside Galindo =E2=80=94 even if she wins her runoff.

=E2=80=9CThis antisemitic rhetoric has no place in our politics,=E2=80= =9D Talarico told the publication. =E2=80=9CWe need leadership in both part= ies willing to stand up and call out hate where it rears its ugly head.=E2= =80=9D

Early voting runs now through Friday, May 22. Polls will reopen on elect= ion day, Tuesday, May 26.

The Bexar Co= unty Elections Department=E2=80=99s website includes information on pol= l locations and operating hours.

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