Scoop: DCCC launches 11th-hour ad buy against Maureen Galindo after antisemitic comments

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up on the air with ads attacking Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo in Texas, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: DCCC chair Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) had been under pressure from her members to intervene in the race over antisemitic remarks made by Galindo that have been widely disavowed by the party.

• Galindo, a sex therapist who finished first in the Democratic primary in Texas' 35th district in March, most recently said she wants to convert an ICE facility into her district into a "prison for American Zionists."
• She is now in a runoff with Johnny Garcia, a local sheriff's deputy backed by the DCCC.

Driving the news: The DCCC is launching a $35,000 ad buy against Galindo ahead of the May 26 runoff, a spokesperson told Axios.

• The ad takes aim at Galindo's "conspiracies" and "hateful words," honing in on alleged GOP spending to support her and labeling her "MAGA Maureen."
• Garcia "will fight Trump, not help him," the ad says.
• Galindo did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.