TX-35: Democrats Can't Let This Antisemitic Sex Therapist Win Her Runoff

[RandySF]

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 spokesperson for the Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, if the group was behind Lead Left, she refused to say. Instead, she gloated, “We hate to see these Democrat primaries devolve into the wokelympics, but the office popcorn machine has been going nonstop.”



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/maureen-galindo-antisemitic-conspiracies.html

[Haggard Celine]

1. I know she's trying to imply that creating

worlds with books and movies is something sinister, but I don't. I'd much rather someone go to work writing books and movies than a host of things that cause a lot of harm. But she started it all with "the Jews who own Hollywood..." Anybody who would say something like that is obviously too dumb to be in Congress. What she said was like saying "the rednecks who live in trailers."

[Behind the Aegis]

3. "running for Congress as a Democrat "

[LeftInTX]

5. She is a total nut job. I can't stand her

She's one of these "poor me" "I'm a victim".... then when John Lira withdrew his endorsement she said John was a victim of colonization. She's one of "those types". God, I hope she loses the runoff. Between her and the nutjob running for my state rep, I think I'm going nuts.

I've got the convicted cop turned social justice warrior, Trump wanna be, running for state rep. (So far no anti-semitism from that one because I don't think she knows that there is such a thing as Jewish people..yeah, she's dumb)

[DavidDvorkin]

4. This shit is gaining ground rapidly on the left

The long-term result will be to fracture the left and keep the right in power.

[LeftInTX]

6. She's being funded by the GOP. DCCC came out with a press release.

[RandySF]

10. This one is peddling old school troupes reminiscent of the right.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. They are meeting

It really is a horseshoe shape.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. More like a noose as the two heels of the horseshoe meet.

[yardwork]

21. That's exactly what's been happening for over a decade.

DSA and other supposed grass-roots lefty organizations got huge influxes of funding just as Putin attacked Crimea and put his puppet Trump up for president.

We saw it in miniature here on DU as many were urged to join a little group called Jackpine Radicals that pushed falsehoods about Hillary Clinton in 2015. I think that was replicated throughout the nation and helped hand the White House to Trump.

We saw it happen again leading up to the 2024 election - a splintering of Democratic support for Kamala Harris due to sustained propaganda against her and Biden coming from both the left and right.

There are good reasons for voters to be frustrated with the status quo. The propagandists use that to reel people in and push falsehoods. The goal is to elect MAGA politicians who are owned by Russia and other billionaires.

The propaganda taps into racist bigotry on the right and antisemitism on the left.

Its here. It's obvious. It's blatant.

[LeftInTX]

22. Maureen is involved with DSA. She also is pretty much a non-voter.

[yardwork]

25. I'm sure she's funded by authoritarian billionaires.

She might not know it. I suspect that a lot of these candidates don't even know that the money buying their ads comes from Putin, China, and a handful of other billionaires.

[Cha]

7. Here's hoping Maureen Galindo gets

Shut down and goes back to Sex Therapy.

We have Enough Creeps in Congress.. We're working on Less Not More.

[LeftInTX]

9. Trust me, she will never get in congress. She's just trying to prevent a decent Democrat from getting a shot.

If she wins the runoff, the Republican will win.

[Cha]

12. Ohh, A Rat Fucker, as well.

🤞🤞

[Solly Mack]

8. K&R

[LudwigPastorius]

13. But, what is her stance on Ethnically Controlled Space Lasers?

Seriously, the fact that she's running as a Democrat is an embarrassment. Her campaign needs to go down in flames.

[MineralMan]

15. Gonna be up to Texans

Sad, but true.

[LeftInTX]

23. What's weird is this is a fairly suburban-rural district.

[MineralMan]

26. It's still Texas.

Politics there are weird. Who is running on the Republican side, and who is now in that office. I don't follow Texas politics.

[LeftInTX]

27. It's a new seat. No one is in office. Seat will not go into effect until Jan 1st.

Most of the voters are currently represented by Henry Cuellar, Tony Gonzales (R -resigned) and Monica de la Cruz (R)

Cuellar's district was moved down to Laredo, so he no longer has a presence in the area and who knows where de la Cruz's district is?

The two Rs are in a runoff also. The seat was created by the GOP last summer for John Lujan, who is a GOP state rep for suburban Bexar County. Although not a moderate, Democrats crossed parties to vote for Lujan...(ugh). I guess you could say he's fairly likeable. He's a firefighter, involved with little league and stuff like that, if you know what I mean....

However, Lujan is in a runoff with a MAGA guy.

You can see by who currently represents the district, they aren't going to go for a "space laser" in a general election.

[JI7]

16. If people are supporting these candidates it's because they support this stuff. I mean what other reason are they

supporting them for ?

[LeftInTX]

19. It's weird. Her strongest supporters don't live in her district

She's in one of those new GOP districts that Abbott drew. It was progressive, but now it's red-blue-dog. Greg Casar represents the old district. It's those from the old district that support her. She also lives in Greg Casar's district.

Our primaries are plagued by people who vote for latina women without regard for any other candidate.
Maureen is not Latina, but voters don't know that.
We lost of lot of good black judges because they had latinas running against them.

We had very high turnout because of Trump. But voters were not informed.

The good news: runoffs tend to have more informed voters than primaries.

[electric_blue68]

17. Ohhhh, boy. Good luck for her defeat!

[Skittles]

18. what a fucking nutcase

[LeftInTX]

20. She was even bashing HEB at a recent event..LOL

HEB pretty much has a monopoly here, but shoppers are very loyal. She was bashing HEB because their owner is a billionaire.

HEB is a "brand" that is basically San Antonio and all the towns surrounding it. (This is a fairly rural district). She's envisioning everyone starting 70's style food co-ops and ordering from services like "imperfect foods". Voters would have to be very dedicated to start and be involved in co-ops.

She won't win the general election. This is rural Bexar, Wilson, Karnes and Guadalupe Counties.

[yardwork]

24. We see that fantasy here on DU sometimes.

It's a flavor of propaganda designed to tap into the emotions and feelings of progressive Boomers. Normally we are reliable Democratic voters so it makes sense that billionaires intent on taking over the world (the literal truth, unfortunately) would figure out ways to get our votes.

We're seeing a very strategic multi-pronged propaganda campaign aimed at various voting blocs in the U.S.:

- rural whites: Targeting began decades ago so they now hate and fear the "Demoncrat" Party. Easy to keep them fooled via right wing churches (who get their share of the take), hate radio, Fox News, and podcasters, websites, etc. Strategy: appeal to their racism, class resentment, xenophobia.

- progressive whites and Asians: Targeting began in early 2010s, catapulting off the 2008 crash, using Occupy and other youth-oriented movements to pull in disenchanted youth and progressives of all ages. Strategy: Increasingly focused on antisemitic feelings fueled by Israel's policies and actions. Builds on longtime skepticism of authority and institutions. Propaganda worked very well in 2024; handed the WH back to Trump.

I could go on. Latinos were targeted successfully in 2024.

The only voting bloc immune to the propaganda so far are Black voters, especially women. They're holding the front line of our democracy. Those ladies are literally saving our democracy and they're getting pretty sick and tired of the stupidity of the rest of us.

[Skittles]

28. while I'm not a "loyal " fan

I do shop at HEB occasionally - they have expanded in Texas

[LeftInTX]

30. San Antonio is the home of HEB HQ. So, bashing a 120 year old local business that gives back to the community

Is sacrilege...LOL

HEB does alot of community service. Food Bank, Haven for Hope, the whole bit.

Plus they're a local tradition, if you know what I mean....

If you're gonna bash a business, pick on Amazon or something from "out of state"......not local

[Skittles]

31. I do like them

even thought their stores are pretty LOUD and OMG those shelves are HIGH - I can't bring myself to tote one of those old lady grabber things so I rely on the good graces of tall shoppers I encounter.....luckily, they are very nice folk

[LeftInTX]

32. I literally stand inside the damn freezer!

Someday, I'm gonna fall....

We only have two affordable grocery stores in town: HEB and WalMart.

We do have Sprouts, but they're niche and only one location.
And I can't afford Whole Paycheck and Trader Joes (Plus there are only like two or three in town)

[Skittles]

33. Trader Joes seems reasonable here

Whole Foods is just ridiculous

[mcar]

29. That is hysterical

HEB is a religious shrine for Texans. My RWNJ brother, who lives outside Austin, couldn't wait to take us there when we visited a few years ago.

[Skittles]

34. yup

I couldn't believe how excited they got here when an HEB opened - I think it was here seven months before my first visit