| Monica De La Cruz’s latest campaign ad is touting her law enforcement ties. The only problem? Her endorsement is coming from a cop fired for sexual harassment against two women.
According to the New York Post, De La Cruz’s endorser was “fired from his prior job last year for alleged sexual harassment and stalking of a co-worker.” That alleged harassment included studying her cellphone location, calling her 20 times in two days, parking outside her residence in a marked patrol unit for over an hour, and waiting outside her home while uniformed.
A female supervisor also accused him of inviting her inside his apartment and “encourag[ing] her to get closer and sniff his cologne.” A Wilson County report “concluded that he committed sexual harassment” against both women.
REMINDER: This isn’t the first time De La Cruz has buddied up with harassers — or gotten into legal trouble herself. De La Cruz refused three times to release the Epstein files and instead prioritized protecting pedophiles. She was also hit with a restraining order after she was accused of “cruel and aggressive treatment” toward her stepdaughter. .
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New York Post: Texas rep ran ad starring cop fired for alleged sexual harassment and stalking
- A recent ad by Rep. Monica De La Cruz spotlighted an endorsement from a cop who was reportedly fired from his prior job last year for alleged sexual harassment and stalking of a co-worker, The Post has learned.
- Photos, work history, and other evidence reviewed by The Post indicate that the cop, Deputy Zachary Garcia, was fired from the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office last year due to accusations that he harassed a female dispatcher who cut things off with him.
- While the two were in a relationship, Garcia had allegedly studied the cellphone location she shared with him, would ride past her home while on duty, and would call her repeatedly until she had to shut her phone off, according to records obtained by the Hawk’s Eye in August.
- The female dispatcher ended the relationship on Aug. 30, 2025, and Garcia allegedly made some 20 calls to her over a two-day period, according to the report. GPS data revealed a marked patrol unit waited outside her home for over an hour on Aug. 31, 2025. There weren’t any known calls in the area.
- Garcia later copped to making the repeated calls, including ones in which he blocked his caller ID, and to waiting outside her residence while in uniform.
- An internal investigation also uncovered accusations from a female supervisor who alleged that after assisting him with groceries, he welcomed her inside his apartment. From there, he encouraged her to get closer and sniff his cologne, according to the report. Garcia later denied that accusation.
- Wilson County concluded that he committed sexual harassment against both the dispatcher and the supervisor, according to the report. During his time working at Wilson County, Garcia also served as a deputy sheriff at Goliad, where he works now.
- The De La Cruz campaign has also grumbled over a recent ad from [Bobby] Pulido that mentions her ex-husband, Juan Gabriel Hernandez, who was charged in 2022 with assault of a peace officer or judge, and impeding breath or circulation.
- Hernandez ultimately pleaded guilty to the assault charge and was hit with five years of community supervision. Pulido’s attack ad cited Hernandez’s accusations against De La Cruz and claimed she had “a restraining order filed against her for child abuse.”
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