2026-05-20T21:27:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：安妮·布赖森
2026年5月20日 / 美国东部时间晚上9:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
得克萨斯州一名民主党众议院候选人因在社交媒体上发表的言论面临两党广泛谴责和反犹主义指控，其中包括她承诺如果当选，将把移民拘留设施改为“美国犹太复国主义者监狱”——这也引发了民主党高层的指控，称其竞选活动可能得到保守派团体的支持。
莫琳·加林多正在下周举行的得克萨斯州第35国会选区民主党初选中与约翰尼·加西亚角逐，该选区涵盖圣安东尼奥部分地区及周边区域。共和党正力争拿下这一席位，该席位目前由民主党人持有，但在去年夏季得克萨斯州的重划选区行动中，其对共和党人的友好度大幅提升。
在上周的一篇Instagram帖子中，加林多写道，她将“把卡恩斯移民海关执法局拘留中心改造为关押美国犹太复国主义者和前移民海关执法局官员的监狱，以惩治人口贩运行为。这里还将成为恋童癖者的阉割处理中心，而其中大部分可能会是犹太复国主义者。”
加林多在同一篇帖子中以第三人称提及自己，写道“当莫琳进入国会后，她将起草立法，明确所有犹太复国主义行为和对犹太复国主义的支持都是反犹主义，因为正是犹太复国主义者在伤害闪米特人。”
她的社交媒体动态中还包含对“亿万富翁犹太复国主义者”的攻击，以及暗示“与犹太复国主义有关联的候选人和政客”应接受“叛国罪审判”。
加林多否认自己是反犹主义者，转而表示她反对的是“犹太复国主义犹太人”。
这些言论遭到了得克萨斯州民主党人的严厉批评，加西亚称其为“阴谋论和仇恨言论”，州长候选人詹姆斯·塔莱科告诉《犹太电讯社》，他不会与加林多一同开展竞选活动。
在共和党初选中与州众议员约翰·卢汉角逐的共和党人卡洛斯·德拉克鲁斯在X平台上写道：“这种言论令人作呕，在得克萨斯州没有立足之地。”
众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯和华盛顿州众议员、民主党国会竞选委员会主席苏珊·德尔本在一份声明中表示，加林多的言论“极其危险”且“恶毒”，“在民主党政治中没有容身之地”。
许多民主党人还指控加林多得到了保守派资助者的支持。他们指出，根据最近提交给联邦选举委员会的文件，成立不到一个月的政治行动委员会“左翼领袖政治行动委员会”（Lead Left PAC）已报告为支持加林多和反对加西亚花费了超过80万美元。
“左翼领袖政治行动委员会”自称是反特朗普组织，其捐赠者信息并未公开。但《潘趣碗新闻》本月早些时候报道称，该委员会网站包含的元数据将其与WinRed关联起来，这是一个供共和党候选人和共和党相关团体使用的数字筹款平台。《纽约时报》也对“左翼领袖政治行动委员会”是否与共和党有关联提出了质疑。（哥伦比亚广播公司新闻尚未独立证实该报道。）
“众议院共和党领导层必须立即停止支持这种反犹主义的参选行为，撤回在该选区的竞选开支，并强烈谴责这些言论，”杰弗里斯和德尔本在谴责加林多言论的声明中说道。
纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹称加林多的言论是“偏执垃圾和反犹主义”，并在X平台上发帖称“资助她的共和党超级政治行动委员会背后的捐赠者应该被曝光。”
当被问及共和党是否支持加林多的指控时，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊周三对记者表示：“当然没有。我甚至都不知道这个人的存在。”
“我对此一无所知，只知道这些疯狂的言论昨天浮出水面，很多人发给了我，我认为这完美地展现了民主党如今的样子，”他说。“我们一直都在说：这已经不是你父辈那个时代的民主党了。”
两党工作人员经常被指控干预对方的初选，旨在扶持他们认为更容易击败的边缘候选人。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系加林多的竞选团队和“左翼领袖政治行动委员会”置评。
加林多是一名性治疗师，加西亚是前副警长。在初选首轮没有候选人获得50%的选票后，两人进入了下周的民主党初选决选。共和党初选决选候选人是小企业主、空军退伍军人德拉克鲁斯，以及州议员、前副警长卢汉。
特朗普总统和约翰逊已背书德拉克鲁斯，其姐姐目前代表美国另一个国会选区。
第35国会选区目前由民主党众议员格雷格·卡萨尔代表，但得克萨斯州的重划选区行动大幅改变了该选区的边界，将其从一个从奥斯汀延伸至圣安东尼奥的深蓝选区，转变为一个从圣安东尼奥向南和向西延伸的红区。卡萨尔今年是奥斯汀地区第37选区的民主党候选人。
Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo under fire after saying she’d make ICE jail a “prison for American Zionists”
2026-05-20T21:27:00-0400 / CBS News
By Anne Bryson,
May 20, 2026 / 9:27 PM EDT / CBS News
A Democratic House candidate in Texas is facing widespread condemnation and accusations of antisemitism from both parties for comments she posted on social media, including a pledge to turn an immigration detention facility into a “prison for American Zionists” if elected — drawing allegations from top Democrats that her campaign may be backed by conservative groups.
Maureen Galindo is running against Johnny Garcia in next week’s Democratic primary for Texas’ 35th Congressional District, which covers parts of San Antonio and the surrounding areas. Republicans are angling to pick up the seat, which is currently held by a Democrat but was made much more favorable to the GOP in Texas’ redistricting effort last summer.
In an Instagram post last week, Galindo wrote that she will “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).”
Galindo wrote in the same post — referring to herself in the third person — that “when Maureen gets into Congress, she’ll write legislation so that all Zionism and support of Zionism is undoubtedly Anti-Semitic, since it’s Zionists harming the Semites.”
Her social media feed also includes attacks on “billionaire Zionists,” and a suggestion that “Zionist associated candidates and politicians” deserve “treason trials.”
Galindo has denied that she is antisemitic, instead saying she is opposed to “Zionist Jews.”
The comments have drawn stiff criticism from Texas Democrats, with Garcia calling them “conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric” and gubernatorial candidate James Talarico telling the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he would not campaign with Galindo.
Republican Carlos De La Cruz, who is facing off against state Rep. John Lujan in the GOP primary, wrote on X: “This rhetoric is disgusting and has no place in Texas.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement that Galindo’s comments were “extremely dangerous” and “vile,” and have “no place in Democratic politics.”
Many Democrats have also alleged that Galindo has been propped up by conservative funders. They point to Lead Left PAC, a political action committee founded less than a month ago that has reported more than $800,000 in pro-Galindo and anti-Garcia spending, according recent Federal Election Commission filings.
Lead Left PAC identifies itself as an anti-Trump organization, and its donors are not public. But Punchbowl News reported earlier this month that its website contained metadata linking it to WinRed, a digital fundraising platform used by Republican candidates and GOP-aligned groups. The New York Times also raised questions about whether Lead Left PAC is linked to Republicans. (CBS News has not independently confirmed that reporting.)
“House Republican leadership must immediately cease propping up this antisemitic candidacy, pull spending in the race and forcefully condemn these comments,” Jeffries and DelBene said in their statement condemning Galindo’s comments.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York called Galindo’s comments “bigoted garbage and antisemitism” — and wrote in a post on X that “the donors behind the Republican super PAC funding her should be exposed.”
Asked about allegations that Republicans have backed Galindo, House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday: “Of course not. I didn’t even know this person existed.”
“I don’t know anything about it, except that these crazy comments surfaced yesterday, and a number of people sent it to me, and I thought this is a perfect example of where the Democratic Party is going,” he said. “We say all the time: This is not your father’s Democratic Party.”
Both Democratic and Republican operatives are frequently accused of intervening in each other’s primaries, aiming to prop up fringe candidates they view as easier to defeat.
CBS News has reached out to Galinda’s campaign and to Lead Left PAC for comment.
Galindo, a sex therapist, and Garcia, a former sheriff’s deputy, advanced to next week’s Democratic primary runoff after no candidate won 50% of the vote in the initial round of the primaries. The Republican runoff candidates are De La Cruz, a small business owner and Air Force veteran, and Lujan, a state lawmaker and former sheriff’s deputy.
President Trump and Johnson have endorsed De La Cruz, whose sister currently represents another U.S. House district.
The 35th District is currently represented by Democratic Rep. Greg Casar, but Texas’ redistricting campaign dramatically changed the district’s boundaries, transforming it from a deep-blue seat that stretches from Austin to San Antonio to a red seat that juts south and west of San Antonio. Casar is this year’s Democratic nominee in the Austin-area 37th District.
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