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Here’s a classic warning sign that a congressional campaign is floundering: The candidate is forced to clarify, in a text overlay on an Instagram reel, that her recent policy proposal “DOES NOT MEAN putting all Jews in internment camps.”

Such is the state of things for Maureen Galindo, a Democrat running for Congress in Texas. The millennial sex therapist eked out a narrow win in the Democratic primary election in March and will advance to a runoff with the second-place finisher, sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia, on Tuesday.

Galindo has drawn sharp criticism in recent weeks for her outlandish platform and antisemitic rants. She has been disavowed by lawmakers across the Democratic spectrum, from Blue Dog centrist Rep. Josh Gottheimer to democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her fundraising haul is a fraction of the size of her competitor’s. Conventional wisdom would have it that she’s toast.

But Galindo has a secret weapon that could help her win the Democratic nomination: Republicans.

Presumably driven by a belief that Galindo would be the easier candidate for a Republican to beat in November’s general election, a shadowy GOP-linked organization called Lead Left PAC has become the single largest spender in the Democratic primary. Founded about a month ago, the Florida-based PAC has not disclosed its donors, but its website metadata initially contained a link to the Republican fundraising platform WinRed. (It was removed after Punchbowl News........

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