Ritchie Torres

Ritchie Torres denounced anti-Israel activists on the left for their acceptance of Kamala Harris for choosing Tim Walz as her running mate.

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.”

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) 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.