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Behind the Aegis

(56,208 posts)
Sat May 16, 2026, 04:24 PM 6 hrs ago

Talarico won't campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open 'a prison for American Zionists'

Maureen Galindo, the housing activist and conspiracy theorist whose rants about “billionaire Zionists” have defined her pursuit of a U.S. House seat in Texas, is within spitting distance of winning a Democratic runoff in a competitive San Antonio-area district.

But if Galindo becomes the nominee, she’ll be without the support of the state’s most prominent Democrat: U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico.

“This antisemitic rhetoric has no place in our politics. We need leadership in both parties willing to stand up and call out hate wherever it rears its ugly head,” the Texas state representative, whose own surging campaign has garnered national attention, said in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency when asked about Galindo.

Talarico’s campaign confirmed to JTA that he would not campaign with Galindo if she wins her May 26 runoff, in a district Democrats are hoping to flip following Republican-led redistricting in the state.


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Maybe Hasan Piker is available?

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Talarico won't campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open 'a prison for American Zionists' (Original Post) Behind the Aegis 6 hrs ago OP
She Sounds Like Quite The Piece Of Work ProfessorGAC 6 hrs ago #1
If you haven't observed, there are nuts on both sides and down the middle. paleotn 6 hrs ago #2
K&R Solly Mack 6 hrs ago #3
She is so stupid. mountain grammy 6 hrs ago #4
Sincerely good for him EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #5
Good for him! sheshe2 6 hrs ago #6
+++ lostincalifornia 5 hrs ago #7
Good for him. nt mcar 4 hrs ago #8
Some would hold it's a maga setup: B.See 4 hrs ago #9
Bingo orangecrush 3 hrs ago #10
"There is no antisemitism on the left" sarisataka 3 hrs ago #11
A wise decision MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #12
Woah! Where did she crawl out from under?! Good on him! electric_blue68 1 hr ago #13

ProfessorGAC

(77,245 posts)
1. She Sounds Like Quite The Piece Of Work
Sat May 16, 2026, 04:33 PM
6 hrs ago

She made an impact on one issue & seems quite full herself & her perceived self-superiority.

paleotn

(22,684 posts)
2. If you haven't observed, there are nuts on both sides and down the middle.
Sat May 16, 2026, 04:38 PM
6 hrs ago

Repukes didn't corner the market but they do possess the lion's share.

mountain grammy

(29,193 posts)
4. She is so stupid.
Sat May 16, 2026, 04:41 PM
6 hrs ago

the shit she spews.

Good for Talarico! I hope she loses, sorry the other Dems in the race gave her their support. What an idiot!

B.See

(8,830 posts)
9. Some would hold it's a maga setup:
Sat May 16, 2026, 06:57 PM
4 hrs ago
Republicans are using a secret super PAC to pour $1 Million into Dem primaries - Alternet

Super PACs with ties to Republicans are spending money to promote weaker, left-wing candidates in Democratic primaries, in an apparent effort to help Republicans retain control of the House, The New York Times reports.

“They’re going into Democratic primaries and literally trying to boost the most extreme candidates and oppose the Blue Dog-endorsed candidates that, if they win, are going to beat the Republicans in the general,” U.S. Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA) said in an interview with the Times. The Blue Dogs are more centrist Democrats.

One “new mystery super PAC with ties to Republicans has spent more than $1 million meddling in at least three Democratic congressional primaries to select preferred opponents,” the Times reports. That group is spending money to promote “a left-wing sex therapist in Texas who has been accused of bigotry and antisemitism by leaders in both parties.”

sarisataka

(22,821 posts)
11. "There is no antisemitism on the left"
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:50 PM
3 hrs ago

Or so I've been told.

If putting Jews in camps isn't antisemitic I need someone to explain to me the new definition.
(Excuse me- putting "Zionists" in camps)

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