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Sign up for\u00a0<\/i>TPR Today<\/u><\/i><\/a>, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning.<\/i><\/p>\n Texas state Representative and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico says he will not campaign with Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo if she wins the May 26 runoff election in Texas\u2019 35th Congressional District, which covers San Antonio and surrounding counties.<\/p>\n In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency<\/a>, Talarico condemned remarks Galindo has made publicly during the campaign as antisemitic.<\/p>\n \u201cThis antisemitic rhetoric has no place in our politics,\u201d Talarico said. \u201cWe need leadership in both parties willing to stand up and call out hate wherever it rears its ugly head.\u201d<\/p>\n Talarico\u2019s campaign later told JTA that if Galindo becomes the Democratic nominee in TX-35, he will not campaign with her.<\/p>\n Criticism of Galindo has intensified in recent days over comments she has made on social media, in videos and during media appearances, including a recent interview on Texas Public Radio\u2019s The Source<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n After saying she would abolish ICE, Galindo claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement was part of \u201can Israeli occupation of America,\u201d despite ICE being a domestic federal agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n Galindo referenced reported cooperation and training relationships between U.S. law enforcement agencies and the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF. The IDF has faced international criticism over its conduct in the war in Gaza and the high number of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe Johnny Garcia and others who support him, or anybody who is supported by Israel, should be tried for treason,\u201d Galindo said during the forum.<\/p>\n Galindo also repeated claims condemned by Jewish organizations as antisemitic tropes that Zionists control the media, banking system and politicians, including in San Antonio. She additionally referenced what she described as \u201cDC operatives and Israeli operatives\u201d seeking influence over South Texas politics.<\/p>\n