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 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.
If this is the so-called 'deal,' then I will be a no.
That’s not a deal. It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.
That’s not a deal. It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If this is the so-called 'deal,' then I will be a no.
That’s not a deal. It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.
That’s not a deal. It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.
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.
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 4, 2025 at 5:54 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 3, 2025 at 10:02 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.
If Timcast “News” undertook the barest amount of journalism, it would know that SNAP is not a discretionary program but an entitlement under federal law.
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If Timcast “News” undertook the barest amount of journalism, it would know that SNAP is not a discretionary program but an entitlement under federal law.
The greatest innovation of our time is not AI — it’s GLP-1.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The greatest innovation of our time is not AI — it’s GLP-1.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
I had the honor of meeting Sharing Excess and their partners at the Hunts Point Produce Market to discuss their creative vision for transforming food waste into food abundance.
Sharing Excess has converted tens of millions of pounds of food waste into meals that have fed over 10 million people.
Sharing Excess has converted tens of millions of pounds of food waste into meals that have fed over 10 million people.
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had the honor of meeting Sharing Excess and their partners at the Hunts Point Produce Market to discuss their creative vision for transforming food waste into food abundance.
Sharing Excess has converted tens of millions of pounds of food waste into meals that have fed over 10 million people.
Sharing Excess has converted tens of millions of pounds of food waste into meals that have fed over 10 million people.
My comment to the New York Times:
“The Bronx has fallen victim to Amtrak’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy, which has indefinitely delayed the expansion of Metro North from the Bronx to Penn Station.”
“The Bronx has fallen victim to Amtrak’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy, which has indefinitely delayed the expansion of Metro North from the Bronx to Penn Station.”
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My comment to the New York Times:
“The Bronx has fallen victim to Amtrak’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy, which has indefinitely delayed the expansion of Metro North from the Bronx to Penn Station.”
“The Bronx has fallen victim to Amtrak’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy, which has indefinitely delayed the expansion of Metro North from the Bronx to Penn Station.”
The building collapse at Mitchel Houses was likely caused by a highly flammable fossil-fuel boiler system connected to a chimney.
Electrifying heating systems in public housing developments like Mitchel Houses is not only a climate solution. It’s a strategy for fire prevention.
Electrifying heating systems in public housing developments like Mitchel Houses is not only a climate solution. It’s a strategy for fire prevention.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The building collapse at Mitchel Houses was likely caused by a highly flammable fossil-fuel boiler system connected to a chimney.
Electrifying heating systems in public housing developments like Mitchel Houses is not only a climate solution. It’s a strategy for fire prevention.
Electrifying heating systems in public housing developments like Mitchel Houses is not only a climate solution. It’s a strategy for fire prevention.
I had the honor of speaking at the 67th Anniversary of the NAACP Williamsbridge Branch in the Northeast Bronx.
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I had the honor of speaking at the 67th Anniversary of the NAACP Williamsbridge Branch in the Northeast Bronx.
I stand with the family of 20-month-old River Wilson, who tragically drowned in a swimming pool at a residential day care. Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among toddlers.
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I stand with the family of 20-month-old River Wilson, who tragically drowned in a swimming pool at a residential day care. Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among toddlers.
Donald Trump is not thinking about the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to rise by an average of 114%.
He is thinking about George Santos.
He is thinking about George Santos.
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Donald Trump is not thinking about the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to rise by an average of 114%.
He is thinking about George Santos.
He is thinking about George Santos.
Donald Trump governs like a mobster — all but threatening New York families:
“Nice food assistance you’ve got there. It would be a shame if something happened to your ability to feed your children.”
“Nice food assistance you’ve got there. It would be a shame if something happened to your ability to feed your children.”
October 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Donald Trump governs like a mobster — all but threatening New York families:
“Nice food assistance you’ve got there. It would be a shame if something happened to your ability to feed your children.”
“Nice food assistance you’ve got there. It would be a shame if something happened to your ability to feed your children.”
The collapse of a building at Mitchel Houses is not an accident.
It is the consequence of federal disinvestment from public housing.
It is the consequence of federal disinvestment from public housing.
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The collapse of a building at Mitchel Houses is not an accident.
It is the consequence of federal disinvestment from public housing.
It is the consequence of federal disinvestment from public housing.
I stood with the mother of 20-month-old River Wilson, who tragically drowned in a swimming pool at a residential day care, to demand accountability for River’s death and justice for River’s family.
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I stood with the mother of 20-month-old River Wilson, who tragically drowned in a swimming pool at a residential day care, to demand accountability for River’s death and justice for River’s family.
The cost of health care is crushing working-class and middle-class Americans. Medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy in America.
Democrats are fighting to lower the cost of health care. Republicans? They’re on vacation.
Democrats are fighting to lower the cost of health care. Republicans? They’re on vacation.
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The cost of health care is crushing working-class and middle-class Americans. Medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy in America.
Democrats are fighting to lower the cost of health care. Republicans? They’re on vacation.
Democrats are fighting to lower the cost of health care. Republicans? They’re on vacation.
Donald Trump is Argentina-First.
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Donald Trump is Argentina-First.
Free buses are a win for the Bronx.
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Free buses are a win for the Bronx.
I stood with the healthcare heroes of 1199, calling on Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to end the Republican shutdown and end the Republican war on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I stood with the healthcare heroes of 1199, calling on Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to end the Republican shutdown and end the Republican war on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Except on January 6, 2021, when 80 Capitol Police officers were assaulted.
Except on January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump unconditionally pardoned the assailants who struck Capitol Police officers with dangerous objects — including a fire extinguisher.
Except on January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump unconditionally pardoned the assailants who struck Capitol Police officers with dangerous objects — including a fire extinguisher.
October 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Except on January 6, 2021, when 80 Capitol Police officers were assaulted.
Except on January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump unconditionally pardoned the assailants who struck Capitol Police officers with dangerous objects — including a fire extinguisher.
Except on January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump unconditionally pardoned the assailants who struck Capitol Police officers with dangerous objects — including a fire extinguisher.
I stood with the mother of 20-month-old River Wilson, who tragically drowned in a swimming pool at a residential day care, to demand accountability for River’s death and justice for River’s family.
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I stood with the mother of 20-month-old River Wilson, who tragically drowned in a swimming pool at a residential day care, to demand accountability for River’s death and justice for River’s family.
I was on the ground at Pelham Parkway Houses, meeting with the tenant leadership and conducting a walkthrough of the development to assess conditions.
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I was on the ground at Pelham Parkway Houses, meeting with the tenant leadership and conducting a walkthrough of the development to assess conditions.
I held a rally with residents of Mitchel Houses, calling on HUD to provide emergency funding to restore the partially collapsed building and to re-house displaced families.
We cannot separate the collapse of a public housing building from the collapse of federal funding for public housing.
We cannot separate the collapse of a public housing building from the collapse of federal funding for public housing.
October 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I held a rally with residents of Mitchel Houses, calling on HUD to provide emergency funding to restore the partially collapsed building and to re-house displaced families.
We cannot separate the collapse of a public housing building from the collapse of federal funding for public housing.
We cannot separate the collapse of a public housing building from the collapse of federal funding for public housing.