{"id":74048,"date":"2026-05-26T21:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/controversial-democrat-who-called-for-zionists-to-be-imprisoned-toppled-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:54:56","slug":"controversial-democrat-who-called-for-zionists-to-be-imprisoned-toppled-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/controversial-democrat-who-called-for-zionists-to-be-imprisoned-toppled-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Democrat who called for \u2018Zionists\u2019 to be imprisoned toppled after backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat Maureen Galindo, a South Texas sex therapist who drew nationwide ire from Democratic Party<\/a> leaders, was defeated in her primary runoff against Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office official Johnny Garcia, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

The seat, newly drawn following Texas Republicans<\/a>\u2019 redistricting effort, is currently represented by “Squad” member Rep. Gregorio Casar. However, the liberal lawmaker is running in an adjacent district being vacated by Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, leaving the now red-leaning seat up for grabs.<\/p>\n

Galindo became a national flashpoint when she was accused of antisemitism<\/a> for floating a plan to imprison “American Zionists” at an ICE detention center in the district while pushing back on suggestions she was trying to create an “internment camp.”<\/p>\n

Galindo shocked observers when she edged out Garcia in the original March primary, which led to Tuesday\u2019s runoff.<\/p>\n

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Garcia, meanwhile, condemned Galindo\u2019s comments and partially blamed Republicans for bolstering<\/a> her name recognition.<\/p>\n

Garcia is a San Antonio native and has experience working as a police deputy, a SWAT hostage negotiator and a public information officer \u2014 the official tasked with speaking to the press and making public appearances.<\/p>\n

His campaign was framed around his self-description as an old-school Democrat and was viewed as the more moderate choice in Tuesday\u2019s contest.<\/p>\n

Two Republicans are also vying for the seat in the Republican primary \u2014 one of whom is a relative of nearby GOP Rep. Monica de la Cruz.<\/p>\n

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With the 35th District redrawn in Republicans\u2019 favor, Democrats appeared to view Galindo\u2019s candidacy as a catastrophic liability.<\/p>\n

Her rhetoric has since been condemned by members of the far left of her party, including Reps. Hakeem Jeffries and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> of New York.<\/p>\n

“This vile language by her is disqualifying and has no place in American politics, and certainly not in the\u00a0Democratic Party<\/a>,” Jeffries and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said in a joint statement, adding, “To embrace and uplift a fringe candidate with antisemitic \u2014 and extremely dangerous \u2014 rhetoric and views in order to win an election is beyond the pale.”<\/p>\n

“Texans will not be fooled and will reject her at the ballot box next week,” they added.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democrat Maureen Galindo, a South Texas sex therapist who drew nationwide ire from Democratic Party leaders, was defeated in her primary runoff against Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office official Johnny Garcia, according to the Associated Press. The seat, newly drawn following Texas Republicans\u2019 redistricting effort, is currently represented by “Squad” member Rep. Gregorio Casar. However, the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}