TX-35: Texas Democrat blames 'local journalist twisting words' after antisemitism accusations

A Democratic House candidate in Texas is blaming local media for twisting her words as she faces accusations of antisemitism from national and local Democrats over comments she made on social media.

Maureen Galindo, the candidate for Texas’s 35th Congressional District, drew fierce pushback from Democrats and Republicans alike after writing in a post on Instagram earlier this month that if elected to Congress, she would “turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking.”

“Everything is based off a local journalist twisting words,” Galindo told The New York Times in a text message. “I have always called for all detention centers to be closed.”

Galindo has defended her comments and insisted that she isn’t antisemitic, writing in a statement on her website that she “does want Karnes ICE facility to be turned into a prison for the billionaire zionists who have profited off genocidal prison state materials and trafficking. Prosecution has nothing to do with religion — they could be Evangelical, Catholic, Mormon, Jewish, etc.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5894980-texas-democrat-maureen-galindo-antisemitism-accousations/