{"id":2604796,"date":"2026-05-19T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democratic-house-candidate-vows-to-intern-zionists-and-ex-ice-officers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:59:27","slug":"texas-democratic-house-candidate-vows-to-intern-zionists-and-ex-ice-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democratic-house-candidate-vows-to-intern-zionists-and-ex-ice-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Democratic House candidate vows to intern Zionists and ex-ICE officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-democratic-house-candidate-vows-to-intern-zionists-and-ex-ice-officers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2604796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Maureen Galindo, a Democratic candidate for Texas\u2019s 35th Congressional District, has drawn significant backlash for remarks alleging that she would convert ICE detention centers-specifically the Karnes ICE Detention Center-into internment facilities targeting \u201cAmerican Zionists,\u201d former ICE officers, and other groups she described. In an Instagram post and a subsequent video, she expanded on these claims, including assertions that \u201cMAGA\u201d is intertwined with Zionism and that Zionists are trying to establish \u201cwhite supremacist religion states,\u201d charges widely criticized as antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p>These statements are part of a broader pattern of increasingly inflammatory comments that critics and other Democrats say echo conspiracy theories about Zionist Jews controlling institutions and running criminal or human-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-now-signed-52-executive-orders-and-actions-in-first-20-days-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden Has Now Signed 52 Executive Orders And Actions In First 20 Days In Office\">trafficking networks<\/a>. Even though Galindo insists she is targeting \u201cZionists\u201d rather than Jews she has acknowledged that most Zionists are Jewish and has framed Jewish \u201cIsraeli billionaire Zionists\u201d as influential in politics, media, and banking, including alleged infiltration of local government.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments have been condemned across the political spectrum, including by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who called the rhetoric disgusting and said it should not be in U.S. politics. Some Democrats also suggested Galindo might potentially be receiving behind-the-scenes support from Republicans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Maureen Galindo, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"288\">Democratic<\/a> candidate for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a>\u2018s 35th Congressional District, pledged to turn ICE detention facilities into internment camps for \u201cAmerican Zionists and former ICE officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galindo has ridden a wave of controversial remarks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">runoff election<\/a>, due to be held next week. The self-proclaimed sex therapist and housing advocate has focused much of her campaign for the redrawn House district on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >arguably antisemitic conspiracy theories<\/a> and claims that her opponent, former Bexar County public information officer Johnny Garcia, is part of a criminal network.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4575766\/thomas-massie-hints-2028-run-kentucky\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Massie hints at a run in 2028: \u2018We\u2019ll talk about it later\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4573226\/pennsylvania-7th-district-democratic-primary-results\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bob Brooks wins Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th District primary to take on Ryan Mackenzie in general election<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4573062\/pennsylvania-1st-district-democratic-primary-results\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bob Harvie wins Pennsylvania\u2019s 1st District primary to set showdown with Brian Fitzpatrick<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-respond-after-tucker-carlson-calls-white-people-craven-and-sad-compared-to-pakistanis\/\" title=\"Conservatives Respond After Tucker Carlson Calls White People &#039;Craven and Sad&#039; Compared to Pakistanis\">latest inflammatory remarks<\/a> were made in a post on Instagram that referred to herself in the third person.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">human trafficking<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0Galindo <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYRyMXOFQCN\/?img_index=2\">wrote<\/a> over the weekend. \u201cIt will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She doubled down in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KimKatieUSA\/status\/2056886037331546406?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KimKatieUSA\/status\/2056886037331546406?s=20\">video<\/a> posted to social media, accusing her critics of being MAGA and saying Zionists were trying to create \u201cwhite supremacist religion states.\u201d Her video claimed that MAGA was an American incarnation of Zionism, implicitly suggesting that she was aiming to put MAGA supporters in internment camps.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments are the most outlandish in a series of increasingly inflammatory comments targeting Zionist Jews. She\u2019s previously suggested Garcia is running to cover up a Zionist human trafficking ring, that a cabal of mostly Jewish Zionists runs the world, and several other remarks widely seen as antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p>Galindo has insisted her comments are only targeting Zionists, rather than Jews at large, though she has conceded that most Zionists are Jews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all very complex. But, it\u2019s my perception that Zionist billionaires run the world,\u201d Galindo <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/news\/san-antonio-congressional-candidate-maureen-galindo-faces-antisemitism-accusations\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/news\/san-antonio-congressional-candidate-maureen-galindo-faces-antisemitism-accusations\/\">told<\/a> the <em>San Antonio Current<\/em>. \u201cThey\u2019re of all religions. But, especially Israeli, Jewish billionaire Zionists who disproportionately and factually own a lot of Hollywood production studios, media companies, and banks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic hopeful also suggested that the \u201cIsraeli billionaire Zionists\u201d were running a human trafficking network out of San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we have so many Blue Dog Democrats here,\u201d Galindo said. \u201cThe billionaire Zionists who own this area and the trafficking networks need to maintain control over it. They are also infiltrating our local governments, the Israeli billionaire Zionists. So, I think it\u2019s important to expose that and call it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4574566\/us-sanctions-flotilla-organizers-providing-support-gaza\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4574566\">US SANCTIONS FLOTILLA ORGANIZERS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO GAZA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The comments earned widespread denunciations, including from champions of the anti-Zionist cause like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Some Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez, suggested that Galindo was being secretly funded by Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is absolutely disgusting. This bigoted garbage and antisemitism should be nowhere near our politics. If you\u2019re in TX-35, vote for @johnnygarciatx,\u201d the congresswoman said. \u201cAnd the donors behind the Republican super PAC funding her should be exposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maureen Galindo vowed to turn ICE detention centers into internment camps for \u201cAmerican Zionists.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2604797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26106654210491.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[67388,32923,3813,37104,15567],"class_list":["post-2604796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-candidate-controversy","tag-democratic-party","tag-immigration","tag-texas-politics","tag-zionism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26106654210491.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604800,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604796\/revisions\/2604800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}