Ritchie Torres Block Party!

Ritchie Torres with British-Israeli bigot Eylon Levy. The longtime Democratic lawmaker is on the list people that need to lose his primary.

This lawmaker voted for the TikTok ban.

Ritchie Torres is an asshole publicly and privately. Of the 643,000 constiutents of a 2.5 mile radius in the poorest congressional district of The Bronx, there lies a lawmaker who cares more about a fucking foreign country than his own district.

The controversial Democratic lawmaker from New York has been one of the most outspoken supporters of Israel. He is a Black, Latino, openly gay and feverishly bigoted person. He also considering a run for governor against Kathy Hochul.

Hochul and Torres are approved by the lobby. Hochul is often in the crosshairs of Republicans and the new president. Republicans often scapegoat New York City and the state as their boogeyman in their stupid culture wars.

Torres is one of AIPAC's favorite members. 

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) is everything wrong with the Democratic Party. As the party continues to soul search, the Republicans grow in popularity despite being the party of white supremacy.

Torres might as well join Republicans. Same with Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and every member who backs Israel. Fetterman met with President Donald J. Trump.

As a member of Congress, you are required to be accessible to the public through all channels of communication. It is a shaky ground when you operate on your personal social media account. I mean the U.S. government provides lawmakers, the president, the vice president, members of an administration and government agencies social media accounts.

Politico wrote that Torres has routinely blocked Hochul staffers who reposted his past positions like the "defund the police" narrative that helped him win in 2020.

Since 2021, Torres backed off the progressive issues and took a more centrist stance on issues. 

He does not block people on his federal social media accounts.

The personal accounts of federal officials is also moot. It can be of the public's interest for lawmakers to have their personal accounts available. It is often newsworthy. 

Posting pictures of family members or personal issues is another thing.

Torres has been very criticial of progressive Democrats and has blocked critics without remorse. It's on his personal account. It could result in a lawsuit since he uses it for the public's interest.

Torres rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. He called claims that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip a "blood libel".

Torres was one of 22 House Democrats who voted successfully to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), passing a resolution that accused her of, "...promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack," as well as criticized, in particular, her use of the slogan "from the river to the sea". In explaining why he voted for the censure, Torres wrote on Twitter, “Congress has a right to take a principled stand against hate speech calling for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish nation-state.”

Torres voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan respectively in April 2024, along with most Democrats. In a statement after the vote, he said "The US has a singular obligation to help freedom fighters fight for their freedom, and nowhere more so than in Ukraine, whose self-defense against Putin’s aggression must prevail."

Torres's biggest contributor during his legislative career has been AIPAC by a significant factor.