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Texas Democrats’ US Senate nominee James Talarico has endorsed Johnny Garcia in a heated House runoff election.
\n The endorsement aims to block rival candidate Maureen Galindo, who sparked bipartisan condemnation over antisemitic comments.
\n National Democrats warn Galindo’s rhetoric could jeopardize the party’s chances in the newly redrawn district.<\/p>\n
\n AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/p>\n
\n James Talarico, Texas Democrats\u2019 US Senate nominee, has thrown his support behind Johnny Garcia in the state\u2019s 35th Congressional District, where Democrats are ramping up their efforts to block a rival candidate who made antisemitic comments<\/a> ahead of a runoff election next week.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cBorn and raised in a working class household in San Antonio, Garcia is a deputy sheriff with a track record of protecting the communities he\u2019s running to represent,\u201d Talarico said in a statement first reported by CNN. \u201cGarcia knows how to fight for working Texans because he is a working Texan, and his battle-tested leadership is exactly what\u2019s needed in Congress.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The endorsement is part of a wider push to defeat Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist who has been rebuked by members of both parties over her antisemitic comments.\n <\/p>\n \n Last week, she posted on her campaign Instagram account that if elected, she would turn a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center into \u201ca prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Galindo denies that her comments are antisemitic. She said in a statement Wednesday that her \u201cproposal for Karnes Detention Center was NEVER for Jewish Zionists\u2013 it\u2019s for BILLIONAIRE Zionists, regardless of religion. If they\u2019ve done business for genocidal prison state materials or there\u2019s evidence of pedophilia from Epstein files, they should be brought to trial.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n National Democrats are alarmed at the possibility that Galindo, who placed first in the district\u2019s March 3 primary, could win the May 26 runoff election. Galindo has benefited from nearly $1 million in spending from Lead Left PAC, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings. Punchbowl News previously reported that the PAC\u2019s website had links to WinRed, a Republican fundraising platform, in its metadata, and Democrats have condemned the PAC\u2019s spending.\n <\/p>\n \n CNN has reached out to Lead Left PAC for comment.\n <\/p>\n