House Democrats are scrambling to contain their Maureen Galindo problem

House Democrats are in a mad dash to isolate Texas Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo , who has said she wants to turn an ICE facility into a "prison for American Zionists." Why it matters: A mysterious PAC is spending hundreds of thousands to boost Galindo, which Democrats allege is a Republican attempt to ensure the GOP candidate in that district faces a weak opponent in November. "House Republican leadership must immediately cease propping up this antisemitic candidacy," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said in a statement Tuesday evening. Galindo did not respond to multiple requests for comment, with a spokesperson for the Republican-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund declining to say if the GOP is behind PAC spending on her behalf. The latest: Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said in a joint statement, "If, for some reason, Maureen Galindo wins ... as soon as she is sworn in, we will force a vote to expel her every day she is here." "Maureen's insane, antisemitic views — including putting Americans in concentration camps — have no place in our Party or country," they said. There is also private pressure on DelBene and the DCCC to spend money to block Galindo from getting the nomination, Axios has learned. Driving the news: Galindo's campaign wrote in an Instagram post last weekend that, if elected, she would turn the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center into "a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers." It's the latest in a series of inflammatory comments by Galindo, who told Axios she would introduce legislation to have "all American candidates and elected officials who have ever taken Israeli money tried for treason." Galindo finished first in the Democratic primary in Texas' 35th district in March and is now in a runoff with sheriff's deputy Johnny Garcia. State of play...

Original source: Axios