Ritchie Torres
@ritchietorres.bsky.social
Congressman (#NY15). Born and bred in the Bronx. Grew up in poverty. Product of public housing. https://Torres.nyc/
The so-called deal is a fundamental failure.
It fails to prevent 24 million Americans from seeing their premiums more than double.
It fails to prevent 4 million Americans from losing their healthcare altogether.
It fails to prevent hospitals in America from losing $30 billion in funding.
It fails to prevent 24 million Americans from seeing their premiums more than double.
It fails to prevent 4 million Americans from losing their healthcare altogether.
It fails to prevent hospitals in America from losing $30 billion in funding.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The so-called deal is a fundamental failure.
It fails to prevent 24 million Americans from seeing their premiums more than double.
It fails to prevent 4 million Americans from losing their healthcare altogether.
It fails to prevent hospitals in America from losing $30 billion in funding.
It fails to prevent 24 million Americans from seeing their premiums more than double.
It fails to prevent 4 million Americans from losing their healthcare altogether.
It fails to prevent hospitals in America from losing $30 billion in funding.
Why would any Democrat surrender unconditionally to Donald Trump after overwhelming Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia?
Instead of bailing out Trump politically, we should hold him accountable.
Instead of bailing out Trump politically, we should hold him accountable.
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Why would any Democrat surrender unconditionally to Donald Trump after overwhelming Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia?
Instead of bailing out Trump politically, we should hold him accountable.
Instead of bailing out Trump politically, we should hold him accountable.
For Donald Trump, starving 42 million Americans of food is not a tragedy but a strategy.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
For Donald Trump, starving 42 million Americans of food is not a tragedy but a strategy.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
Democrats will win back the House in 2026 on the strength of one powerful message: affordability.
The 2025 elections — the pre-midterms — were a resounding rejection of Donald Trump’s failing presidency, which has crippled working families and small businesses with ever-higher costs.
The 2025 elections — the pre-midterms — were a resounding rejection of Donald Trump’s failing presidency, which has crippled working families and small businesses with ever-higher costs.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Democrats will win back the House in 2026 on the strength of one powerful message: affordability.
The 2025 elections — the pre-midterms — were a resounding rejection of Donald Trump’s failing presidency, which has crippled working families and small businesses with ever-higher costs.
The 2025 elections — the pre-midterms — were a resounding rejection of Donald Trump’s failing presidency, which has crippled working families and small businesses with ever-higher costs.
Donald Trump is a bully. If you allow yourself to be bullied, then you will continue to be bullied.
The strongest response to a bully like Donald Trump is to stand up to him, rather than surrender unconditionally.
The strongest response to a bully like Donald Trump is to stand up to him, rather than surrender unconditionally.
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Donald Trump is a bully. If you allow yourself to be bullied, then you will continue to be bullied.
The strongest response to a bully like Donald Trump is to stand up to him, rather than surrender unconditionally.
The strongest response to a bully like Donald Trump is to stand up to him, rather than surrender unconditionally.
For Donald Trump, starving 42 million Americans of food is not a tragedy but a strategy.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For Donald Trump, starving 42 million Americans of food is not a tragedy but a strategy.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.
If I could vote against the raw deal twice, I would.
A “deal” that requires Republicans to concede nothing and Democrats to concede everything is not a deal. It is an unconditional surrender.
That is not a negotiation. It’s a complete capitulation.
A “deal” that requires Republicans to concede nothing and Democrats to concede everything is not a deal. It is an unconditional surrender.
That is not a negotiation. It’s a complete capitulation.
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If I could vote against the raw deal twice, I would.
A “deal” that requires Republicans to concede nothing and Democrats to concede everything is not a deal. It is an unconditional surrender.
That is not a negotiation. It’s a complete capitulation.
A “deal” that requires Republicans to concede nothing and Democrats to concede everything is not a deal. It is an unconditional surrender.
That is not a negotiation. It’s a complete capitulation.
The agreement between Senate Republicans and a few Democratic defectors is a raw deal for 24 million American families who are about to see their health care premiums more than double.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The agreement between Senate Republicans and a few Democratic defectors is a raw deal for 24 million American families who are about to see their health care premiums more than double.
The agreement between Senate Republicans and a few Democratic defectors represents a raw deal, one that dooms working families to a massive health care premium shock.
Unconditional surrender to Donald Trump is not only bad policy—it’s bad politics.
Unconditional surrender to Donald Trump is not only bad policy—it’s bad politics.
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The agreement between Senate Republicans and a few Democratic defectors represents a raw deal, one that dooms working families to a massive health care premium shock.
Unconditional surrender to Donald Trump is not only bad policy—it’s bad politics.
Unconditional surrender to Donald Trump is not only bad policy—it’s bad politics.
Donald Trump is treating 42 million Americans who depend on SNAP for their survival as bargaining chips in a cynical game of political extortion.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Donald Trump is treating 42 million Americans who depend on SNAP for their survival as bargaining chips in a cynical game of political extortion.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.
Donald Trump is treating 42 million Americans who depend on SNAP for their survival as bargaining chips in a cynical game of political extortion.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Donald Trump is treating 42 million Americans who depend on SNAP for their survival as bargaining chips in a cynical game of political extortion.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.
SNAP is not a ransom note — it is a right.
Every American has a legal right to put food on the table and feed their family.