well, congressman ritchie torres, a puerto rican representative from the bronx, doesn't think so eithertorres has been fighting for the south bronx since he was 25 years old, first as a new york city council member... - i have made the decision to allocate $25,000 to establish a food pantry for employees who have felt the immediate impact of the government shutdown. - and then in the house of representatives winning new york's 15th congressional district at 32, becoming the first openly gay afro-latino representative in congress. - ritchie. - oh, john, how are you? - how's it going? how are you? - it's good to see you. i'm a huge fan. - i'm a big fan as well. - it's an honor to have you. - thank you for having me. so exciting being here in the house. - there's never a dull moment in d.c. - oh, i bet. you must be exhausted. - look, if someone had said to me a few years ago that i would become a member of congress during a global pandemic and witness an insurrection against the u.s. capitol and then vote to impeach an outgoing president, and all of that would happen within the first two w

congressman ritchie torres. today he tweets out, in all caps, witch hunt.ms up the whole thing. it's obviously this is all preposterous. all the witch hunt stuff. when you read witch hunt, do you think, congressman ritchie torres, do you think that convinces anyone? is there anyone who is like yes they're going after you because you're like, i don't, now you're too critical to the chinese, or concoct a theory? >> if don trump or latino and gay he would probably be george santos. george santos is following the trident has to don trump playbook of playing the victim. and we're witnessing a republican party that is rotting from within in realtime. that has lost grip on reality. and the lessons learned from the 2022 midterms is that the american people are allergic to trumpism, are allergic to right wing extremism. instead of moderating the, republican party is doubling down on trumpism. they're gonna pay a heavy price in 2024. >> again, david, the thing i keep coming back to is, the stuff is on the margins on american politics. you are a major party nominee. y

ritchie torres is one of the more talented young people in american politics.ere and figure out how to resolve these issues. this country has 3.4% unemployment. people are dying to come here. >> and, yet, you're saying all these things, these things should be happening. of course, the glaring reality is that they aren't. and also, when you think about it, james, mayor adams, he loved president biden. he wanted everyone to know how close they were. so just let me show everybody where we were in january of 2022. >> i'm sure if you were to ask him what is his favorite mayor, he'd clearly tell you it's eric. >> okay, that's where we were in january of '22. and now, james, here's where we are. >> the president and the white house has failed new york city on this issue. >> where the heck is the president of the united states? >> that is a good question. no city should be carrying this burden. it's a national problem, and it needs a national solution. >> all right. i mean, that's bad. it's not just him. democratic mayor adams, the largest city of new york. you've got

>> democrats ritchie torres sustaining up for the future of this. this is not a republican story.ts at the hearing just last week who spoke up in support of change and supportive of the transformative future cryptocurrency can bring. this is not a republican oasis. there are smart people on both sides looking at this. can understand what it can do for america. liz: as we get closer to the regulation, we love to have you back. >> thank you so much. i would love to be back. liz: he was right there in the thick of it. >> i still don't see where it is equal. i don't know. i'm just looking where is it equal? where is it equal? where is it equal? democrats have talking points. democrats have talking points crypto is bad, bad, bad. liz: you don't think republicans have talking points too? >> no. they don't say, bad, bad. liz: lovely. >> doesn't make sense. >> respect to being married with charlie. can't imagine arguments you have. >> the sense of it. liz: the dow on pace to snap a five day losing streak after crossing the one changed line more than one times. we have the stride group ceo

new york congressman ritchie torres, thank, you as always, for coming to the show. >> absolutely. >> coming up in the next hour on msnbc we continue the debt ceiling conversation on velshi, three democratic lawmakers, lloyd doggett of texas, josh gottheimer of new jersey, and congressman adam smith of washington will join ali velshi starting at 10 am eastern, right here on msnbc. make sure you tune in. but next, tim scott and ron desantis join at the field of republican candidates for president that donald trump continues to hold a commanding lead in the polls. are these the two to beat him? we will discuss, after the break. uss, after the break. break. ♪ did you know 80% of women are struggling with hair damage? dryness and frizz that keeps coming back, could be damaged hair that can't retain moisture. you need pantene's miracle rescue deep conditioner. it's filled with pro-vitamins to help hair lock in moisture, visibly repairing six months of damage in just one use, with no weigh-down. guaranteed, or your money back. for hair that looks healthy and stays healthy. if you know, you

larry hogan and ritchie torres of new york.overnor christie have to start with you, no secret you are thinking about running for president. how would potential and real candidates against donald trump view that performance at cnn and also the reaction of that applauding republican crowd in new hampshire. >> look, it deend ps who the candidate is, right? we've watched a number of declared candidates, declared candidates now who seem to not know what to do with him. hope i implodes if they are nice to him they'll inherit his voters. it's all this political science classroom theory that they are engaged in i think it's a losing proposition for any of those candidates including what governor desantis said. >> governor desantis didn't say his name. >> you can't beat donald trump by playing bumper pool and hitting it off three cushions and hope it goes in the hole. that's not the way it works, john. and i think they are all making a marked mistake. audience reaction, cnn went in the tank to get trump on there. they allowed him to neg

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already an ongoing investigation in the ethics committee based on a complaint that congressman ritchie torreserved on mr. santos and provided to the ethics committee, but, of course, the ethics committee is also going to pause and defer to the department of justice. this is a cop out. this is a way for the republicans to side with george santos and to avoid having an up-or-down vote on whether or not he belongs in congress. george santos should, of course, get his due process rights in a court of law, but being a -- being a criminal or not is not the defining characteristic of whether someone deserves to be a member of congress. for someone like george santos who has admitted lying to his voters and who has essentially been a serial fraudster in gaining his seat in congress, he no longer belongs here. that's why we ultimately moved to have an up-or-down vote on whether or not he should be expelled from congress for all of his lies and deceit and trickery in order to get a seat here. the republicans are going to move to avoid that up-or-down vote. certainly i will be interested to see what the