Democrat Congressional Candidate Who Suggested Detaining ‘American Zionists’ Loses Race in Texas

Democratic candidate Maureen Galindo, who called for “American Zionists” to be imprisoned in ICE detention centers, lost her primary runoff race in Texas on Tuesday night.

Bexar County Sheriff’s Office official Johnny Garcia soundly defeated Galindo by approximately 64 to 36 percent, San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS-TV reported.

Galindo had defeated Garcia in the original March primary by a narrow 29 to 27, but because neither won a majority of the vote in the 35th congressional district race, they advanced to a runoff.

Galindo, a 38-year-old sex therapist, made national headlines with an Instagram post on her campaign account, which vowed that when she got to Congress, “She’ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking. (It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles which will probably be most of the Zionists).”

Maureen Galindo, a Democrat running