In their words · Updated August 5, 2026
4 verified quotes on the record, July 24, 2026 to August 4, 2026. Every one is a character-for-character copy from its source; the lens colors mark the outlets and channels that carried the words, never the person.
Posted it themselves Aug 4
“I recently conducted an oversight inspection of the Delaney Detention Center, a billion-dollar boondoggle that has more to do with cruelty than with public safety. Most of the immigrants detained at Delaney have no history of serious or violent crime. None. Immigrants like Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo are dying senselessly in a detention facility that has no reason to exist.”
Posted on @RitchieTorres Identity @RitchieTorres on X ›
Posted it themselves Aug 4
“Congressman George Latimer and I conducted an oversight inspection of the Delaney Detention Center. The overwhelming majority of the detainees held there have no criminal history. None. The Trump administration is squandering a staggering $1 billion on a detention facility that should not exist in the first place.”
Posted on @RitchieTorres Identity @RitchieTorres on X ›
Posted it themselves Jul 27
“None of us on the mainland should presume to know what is best for Puerto Rico. The people of Puerto Rico must determine their own political future. Rather than imposing a preferred status from on high, Congress should commit to codifying whatever path the island democratically chooses. Let the people of Puerto Rico decide.”
on Puerto Rico's democratic right to choose its own status
Posted on @RitchieTorres Identity @RitchieTorres on X ›
Posted it themselves Jul 24
“A violent extremist stabbed a Jewish New Yorker and an Asian New Yorker while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The attacks serve as a bloody reminder that we are living in an age of heightened hatred and antisemitism, with hate crimes against the Jewish community reaching levels rarely”
Posted on @RitchieTorres Identity @RitchieTorres on X ›
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