On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said that the “failing governance” of Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has pushed the state more to the right and most New Yorkers feel “we’re paying more and more for less
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that “the Biden administration demonstrated incompetence in managing the migrant crisis,” President Joe Biden “had the unilateral ability to issue an executive order restricting migration at the border, and
The far left is getting heat from centrist Democrats for alienating voters with their emphasis on woke issues just after former President Donald Trump (R) won reelection Tuesday.
A bill to strengthen U.S. Secret Service protection for presidential candidates unanimously passed in the Senate a week after a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
A bipartisan bill to review and strengthen U.S. Secret Service standards has unanimously passed the House following two thwarted assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) slammed the “selective outrage” of those condemning Israel’s reported precision strikes against Hezbollah operatives while ignoring the terrorist group’s near-daily indiscriminate attacks against the Jewish state over the last year.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) criticized several airlines for suspending flights to Israel, noting that it was “effectively boycotting” the country.
Ritchie Torres denounced anti-Israel activists on the left for their acceptance of Kamala Harris for choosing Tim Walz as her running mate.
Democrat Congressman Ritchie Torres of New York is slamming the “continuing pattern of denial and self-delusion” over President Joe Biden’s mental fitness, insisting that further media appearances will not offer the 81-year-old president the “political salvation” he so badly seeks.
During an interview that was aired on Friday’s broadcast of PBS’s “Firing Line,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) lamented that the “progressive movement” has now taken the positions of “defunding the police or abolishing the police.” And “BDS or a one-state
Because no national figures ever actually go there to interact with the residents, the people of the Bronx are often spoken for, and caricatured, by media and politicians claiming to represent them.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that if Columbia University President Minouche Shafik had threatened to expel or revoke the visas of students in the encampment on campus and fire members of the faculty who were in the encampment and followed through on these threats, “this situation could have been resolved decisively.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that he fears “college campuses are indoctrinating the next generation of Americans with, not only hatred for Israel, but also hatred for their own country, and I’m not aware
Two New York representatives are considering a bill that would send “antisemitism monitors” to visit college and university campuses that receive federal funding.
Luxury real estate developer Mohamed Hadid is accused of sending Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) racist and homophobic messages after the government official defended Israel in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) responded to a question on conditioning U.S.-Israel aid by saying, “I respectfully disagree. I feel like we should remain fundamentally supportive of the U.S.-Israel relationship,” and that “Hamas has
During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) lamented the fact that “more energy has been spent calling on Israel to enter into a ceasefire” and stop trying
During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that TikTok’s control by Chinese company ByteDance is “a clear national security risk” to the U.S. and argued that
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) says he “mistakenly” voted against a resolution to condemn antisemitic Hamas supporters on college campuses.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) responded to criticism of his stance on Israel by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) by stating that Omar’s opposition to funding the Iron Dome “would have led to even more
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that the leak of classified documents are “a reminder that China represents the single greatest strategic challenge to the United States.” Host Bret Baier asked, [relevant
Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In” that House Republicans were “arsonists who are intent on burning everything” while discussing the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Peacock TV channel The Choice’s “Mehdi Hasan Show,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reacted to Democratic critics of the Defund the Police movement like Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) by stating
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) blasted the “antisemitic double standard” Israel is held to by the left and accused the radical anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement of “inflicting” “stupidity, moral bankruptcy, and absurdity” on American politics as LGBTQ activists “defend a terrorist organization that systematically murders LGBTQ people.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) expressed gratitude to President Joe Biden, who has “emerged as the most progressive president in the history of the United States.” Torres said, “Well, the Progressive Caucus is
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Yasmin Vossoughian Reports,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) argued that the $3.5 trillion price tag for the Build Back Better Act reconciliation package “is a modest investment” for an economy the size of America’s. Torres said, “[T]here’s
On Thursday’s broadcast of ABC’s “GMA3,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that “we no longer live in a democracy. We live under the tyranny of Joe Manchin.” Torres said, “Look, we no longer live in a democracy. We live under
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that “Israel’s held to a double standard and there is an undercurrent of antisemitism in the disproportionate scrutiny of Israel.” And that he’s concerned “that the hysterical demonization
Newly elected congressman and self-proclaimed “pro-Israel progressive” Ritchie Torres, a South Bronx Democrat, said he will not be joining the radical left-wing “Squad,” comprised of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, citing the group’s anti-Israel views.
