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LeftInTX

(34,876 posts)
24. There are Democrats who are spilling over into anti-Jewish speech.
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:43 AM
May 12

One candidate is using "synagogue of Satan" in her speeches and is spilling conspiracy theories. I hope she doesn't win her primary. But suddenly, she's got big money behind her. The money is Republican money.

There is also the infiltration by the Party of Liberation and Socialism. This Democrat has been affiliated with them. Re


Republican money was known to infiliatrate the Party of Socialism and Liberation. Which defeated Kamala.


She’s a Sex Therapist Who Wants to Eradicate Zionism. She Could Cost Democrats a House Seat.

In a Facebook video from last fall, Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist and housing activist running for Congress as a Democrat in Texas, warned about the Jews working with Christian Zionists trying to bring about the Rapture. Speaking of the movie version of the Christian End Times thriller “Left Behind,” she said, “All of the Jews who own Hollywood, they use books and movies to create realities.” She urged her viewers to turn toward the authentic, radical Jesus, “who was fighting this church of Satan 2,000 years ago that still exists.”

Online, Galindo combines progressive populism, vaguely New Age therapeutic jargon and a conspiratorial mind-set; she seems like the left-wing version of the wellness influencers who turned to QAnon during the pandemic. In March she shocked local politicos by finishing first in a four-way primary in a new congressional district in southeastern San Antonio, seemingly buoyed by the anti-establishment fury motivating Democrats nationwide. This month she’ll face Johnny Garcia, a moderate sheriff’s deputy backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in a runoff. I was shown an internal poll conducted in April by a group supporting Garcia that had her ahead.

In the final weeks of the campaign, Galindo is getting some unexpected help. A shadowy new PAC called Lead Left spent $43,000 on mailers promising that Galindo would dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement, create “public health care options for all” and have President Trump arrested and impeached.

As Punchbowl reported, Lead Left was registered only on April 24, and its address is listed as a Staples in Tallahassee, Fla. While Democrats don’t know who’s running it, Punchbowl found WinRed, a Republican fund-raising platform, in the metadata on the group’s website. When Punchbowl’s Ally Mutnick asked a spokesman for the Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, if the group was behind Lead Left, he didn’t deny it. Instead, he gloated, “We hate to see these Democrat primaries devolve into the wokelympics, but the office popcorn machine has been going nonstop.” https://archive.ph/GogP6


She could win...

Here's a report from the DCC

DCCC Statement on D.C. Republican Dark Money Interests Meddling in TX-35 Runoff, Uplifting Antisemitism

In response to reporting that a D.C. Republican-aligned dark money super PAC is spending tens of thousands of dollars to uplift notorious antisemitic online poster Maureen Galindo in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus issued the following statement:
“Republicans are so terrified of their cynical attempt to subvert the will of Texas’ voters backfiring that they’ve resorted to uplifting an openly antisemitic candidate to boost their dwindling chances. They know that their own extremists have no shot at beating Johnny Garcia and his broad coalition of working-class Texans.

“This Republican dark-money investment coming just days after new reporting revealed the extent of Galindo’s dangerous antisemitic rhetoric is nothing short of disgusting. Texas’ voters will reject this latest attempt by Washington Republicans to meddle in their elections and send Johnny Garcia to Congress this November.”

BACKGROUND:

Lead Left PAC filed with the FEC just two weeks ago. Its address, according to the FEC, is a Staples in Tallahassee, Florida.
Punchbowl News reports that the metadata for the PAC’s website has a WinRed link (the site Republicans use to fundraise), and that House Republicans’ super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) declined to deny their involvement in the group.
https://dccc.org/dccc-statement-on-d-c-republican-dark-money-interests-meddling-in-tx-35-runoff-uplifting-antisemitism/


We've got some real kooks in Texas. On the other side of town, I'm dealing with a convicted dirty cop who has an AI generated face on all her signs. She got her conviction overturned and now she's running. She's using bully and intimidation tactics. People don't remember her because the face on her sign is fake! Even NPR is using her AI generated face.

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Supreme court justices should not be partisans. Judges and justices should Maru Kitteh May 11 #1
Criticism of Israel is forbidden I suppose. travelingthrulife May 11 #2
oh haven't you heard? Skittles May 11 #15
Wait till he finds out who's in the other Party! FakeNoose May 11 #3
He never said he was becoming a Republican Jose Garcia May 11 #9
i'm pretty sure most of the Nazi-affiliated groups are Trumpers... johnnyplankton May 11 #4
Sounds like a Republican infiltrator. hadEnuf May 11 #5
28 years as an elected Democrat is pretty long for a con Jose Garcia May 11 #7
It makes about as much sense as switching hadEnuf May 12 #22
He didn't switch to the Republican Party Jose Garcia May 12 #25
Perhaps a bit more research before making silly accusations NoRethugFriends May 11 #11
You're right, I didn't read the article. hadEnuf May 12 #21
He didn't switch to Republican. Wiz Imp May 15 #31
Yup. That's what he says. hadEnuf May 15 #32
As someone who is of Semitic descent... Bluejeans May 11 #6
I agree that there are very few liberal Dems who actually hate or discriminate against Jews FakeNoose May 11 #8
I ask people to back up statements like "the Democratic Party has moved too far left BaronChocula May 11 #12
There are Democrats who are spilling over into anti-Jewish speech. LeftInTX May 12 #24
He didn't name Platner, but is there some other democrat that had a Nazi tattoo for decades? mathematic May 12 #27
Uuuummmmmm... did anyone tell the judge he is confusing Democrats and Republicans?!!?? Multichromatic May 11 #10
He has the parties correct, Shermanator1 May 11 #16
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote May 12 #29
You'd think a judge could understand nuance. BlueTsunami2018 May 11 #13
He's free to leave the party for whatever reason he chooses but Buddyzbuddy May 11 #14
Oh, there are American Jews who are against the overreach Netanyahu has done in Gaza. electric_blue68 May 13 #30
"hatred has grown on the left" Aussie105 May 11 #17
Yeah, right. Icanthinkformyself May 12 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author cayugafalls May 12 #19
From my viewpoint, the people on the left who are critical of Israel, cayugafalls May 12 #20
Agreed. It's the right wing critics of Israel who seem to have a problem with Jewish people in general Wiz Imp May 15 #33
And if someone on the left uses those sources, which you claim "have a problem with Jewish people in general" Behind the Aegis May 15 #34
Then they're just as bad. However, I don't see people on the "left" using those people as sources. Wiz Imp May 15 #35
Shame on him. He's a liar mountain grammy May 12 #23
This might be the beginning. RandySF May 12 #26
I believe he will find far more anti-semitism on the right. I suspect he is calling protests against the Israeli Martin68 May 12 #28
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