Texas Democratic House candidate vows to intern Zionists and ex-ICE officers

Maureen Galindo, a Democratic candidate for Texas‘s 35th Congressional District, pledged to turn ICE detention facilities into internment camps for “American Zionists and former ICE officers.”

Galindo has ridden a wave of controversial remarks to a runoff election, 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 arguably antisemitic conspiracy theories and claims that her opponent, former Bexar County public information officer Johnny Garcia, is part of a criminal network.

The latest inflammatory remarks were made in a post on Instagram that referred to herself in the third person.

“She’ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking,” Galindo wrote over the weekend. “It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists.”

She doubled down in a video