Overview
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, who issued a joint statement Tuesday night, called Maureen Galindo’s comments disqualifying and pressed Republicans to stop backing her.
- Galindo wrote on Instagram that she would turn the Karnes Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center into a prison for “American Zionists” and a “castration processing center,” and she tied her opponent to Zionist trafficking conspiracies.
- Lead Left PAC has reported roughly $430,000 in spending to boost Galindo, and reporters said media buying data showed plans that would push total outlay toward $1 million, with the group’s website metadata pointing to a GOP fundraising platform.
- National Democrats and pro-Israel groups have lined up behind Johnny Garcia ahead of the May 26 runoff in Texas’s newly redrawn 35th District, which is seen as more competitive this fall.
- Condemnation has come from across the political spectrum, including Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Josh Gottheimer and Republicans like Ted Cruz, reflecting alarm over antisemitic rhetoric and outside meddling in a key House race.