Ritchie Torres

@RitchieTorres

Personal account in which I speak for myself rather than for the federal government. Government account: @RepRitchie. Campaign account: @RitchieTorresNY.

Bronx, NY

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Ritchie Torres
@RitchieTorres
Aug 4, 2020
It’s official. We won! It is the honor of a lifetime to be able to serve our community in Washington DC. The counting took longer than expected, but today the @BOENYC certified our victory & I want to say thank you..
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Ritchie Torres
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Calling a Black man a “monkey” is racist. Full stop. If Wajahat Ali and Rula Jebreal were on the far right, no one on the far left would have any trouble condemning them for dehumanizing a Black man in racist terms. The silence is deafening.
Shannon Watts
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Hakeem Jeffries called an AIPAC monkey but “not in a racist way” while Wajahat Ali says nothing in response.
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Ritchie Torres
@RitchieTorres
Aug 30
I had a fun time handing out free ice cream at the Concourse Village Family Day in the South Bronx.
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Ritchie Torres
@RitchieTorres
Aug 25
The extremes of American politics love to blame Jews for antisemitism rather than the antisemites themselves. Let me put it plainly: there is absolutely no justification for antisemitism. There never has been, and there never will be. No amount of victim-blaming or gaslighting
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Ritchie Torres
@RitchieTorres
Aug 19
I delivered $500,000 for the Webster PAL, one of the most vital community centers in the South Bronx. Every dollar invested in youth programming generates an estimated $3 to $13 in savings. Investing in our young people is not only good morals. It’s good economics. It’s not
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