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Scoop: DCCC launches 11th-hour ad buy against Maureen Galindo after antisemitic comments
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Scoop: DCCC launches 11th-hour ad buy against Maureen Galindo after antisemitic comments

Axios·Andrew Solender·3 days ago
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up on the air with ads attacking Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo in Texas, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Galindo has been widely disavowed by Democrats over antisemitic remarks. She most recently said she wants to convert an ICE facility into her district into a "prison for American Zionists." Galindo is a sex therapist who finished first in the Democratic primary in Texas' 35th district in March. She is now in a runoff with Johnny Garcia, a local sheriff's deputy backed by the DCCC. House Democrats had been urging the DCCC to more directly intervene, though a source said the spending had already been in the works before those conversations. Driving the news: The DCCC is launching a $35,000 ad buy against Galindo ahead of the May 26 runoff, a spokesperson told Axios.…

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