Ritchie Torres Quotes

Ritchie Torres

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 12, 1988

Like Native Americans and African-Americans, women and LGBTQ people, Puerto Ricans should be seen as part of the same overarching struggle for equality - in a nation whose greatest vice is the perennial failure to practice the virtue it preaches.

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Equality has long been the end goal of historically oppressed populations in the United States.

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New York City should and must embrace crypto if it is to remain the financial capital of the world. We no longer live in a world where our central place in finance can be taken for granted.

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Instead of dividing community support, ranked choice voting gives every candidate, no matter who they are, the chance to be a real contender.

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Ranked choice voting restores power where it belongs, with the people themselves.

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Ranked choice voting isn't a silver bullet that will turn our politics into some Platonic ideal. We still might not love the candidates we get and the choices we have to make. It won't drain all the polarization and toxicity that has accumulated over years and years. And it doesn't mean that your favorite candidate will always win.

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I have overcome. That's the story of the Bronx.

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Your home is supposed to be a sanctuary.

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If you can't trust your father, your stepfather, who can you trust?

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I'm going to make the case that the progressive position is a two-state solution and promoting dignity for both the Israelis and the Palestinians.

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I am going to make it a priority to fight for full federal funding for public housing.

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Public housing in New York City has been so savagely defunded by the federal government.

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No one has handed me anything on a silver platter. I've had to fight for everything that I have in my life.

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When Jose Serrano first entered the United States Congress, I was only two. So, the fact that I'm succeeding him at age 32, represents a genuine passing of the torch.

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I'm grateful for the blessing and burden of public service; I promised my constituents that I would work my heart out for them.

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I partnered with the LGBT Chamber of Commerce to persuade America's largest city to adopt a certification program for LGBTQ enterprises.

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To have an elected official attack the quality and dignity of L.G.B.T. people sends a message to young people who are thinking of taking their own life as they struggle with their identity.

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I was concerned that if I came out of the closet, that at best, I would face ostracism, and at worst, face violence.

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I consider the culmination of my coming out my first race for City Council. I was out to friends and family, but not the rest of the world.

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My openness about depression is rooted in my lived experience as an LGBTQ person.

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