Showing posts with label Richie Torres. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richie Torres. Show all posts

Friday, November 14, 2025

DNC Snowflakes Melt Down Over Having to Actually Show Up to Work: 'Get Yourselves Together'


Oh, the humanity! Democratic National Committee staffers are throwing the mother of all hissy fits after their overlords yanked the remote work blanket away, forcing these delicate flowers back into the office five days a week. Because nothing says "fighting for democracy" like Zooming in from your couch in sweatpants while the country burns.

It all kicked off when DNC Chairman Ken Martin dropped the bomb on a staff call, announcing the end of the pandemic-era "flexibility" that apparently turned the party's headquarters into a ghost town. The union repping these whiners fired off a statement calling the move "callous," and insiders spilled that the chat erupted in a storm of thumbs-down emojis and virtual pitchforks. "It was shocking to see the DNC chair disregard staff's valid concerns on today's team call," the union whined. "D.N.C. staff worked extremely hard to support historic wins for Democrats up and down the ballot last Tuesday, and this change feels especially callous considering the current economic conditions created by the Trump administration."  

Martin, bless his no-nonsense heart, didn't mince words: If you hate it that much, pack your artisanal lattes and go find a job elsewhere.  These are the same geniuses who thought "historic wins" meant losing the White House, Congress, and their dignity in one fell swoop.

Even fellow Dems are piling on like it's an intervention. Top ex-Biden whisperer Neera Tanden, who knows a thing or two about White House drama, lit into the complainers on X: "If you think democracy is on the line, working in the office is not a big ask," she wrote. "And there are plenty of other people willing to step up. Get yourselves together people." Ouch. Tanden's basically saying, "Step aside, Karens, real patriots are lining up to grind."

The Center for New Liberalism, that bastion of progressive tough love, chimed in with a reality check: "When you accept a job on a campaign, or with an org like the DNC, DCCC, etc, your single purpose is to win the election. It is a demanding job that requires long hours & sacrifices," they posted on X. "The other part of this is that I suspect [work from home] staff are probably losing opportunities for themselves by not being in the office. Campaigns require a lot of personal sacrifice, but the people who are good at their job and work to make themselves noticed in the office usually tend to go on to do big things!" Translation: Stay home forever, and you'll peak at mid-level meme lord.

Ken Martin, not Pete Buttigieg

Florida Dem strategist Steve Schale, who actually knows winning (he ran Obama's Sunshine State ops in '08 and '12), suggested a litmus test: "There should be a requirement that to work at the DNC that you’ve done at least two cycles on an actual battleground campaign, where terms like flex hours & hybrid work don’t exist," he tweeted. In other words, grow a spine or get out—battleground boot camp ain't for the faint of heart.

And don't think the GOP missed the popcorn-worthy spectacle. Ex-Trump press secretary Sean Spicer marveled, "You can't make this up -- the DNC union is pissed that the Chairman is calling staff back into the office 5 days a week." GOP wordsmith Matt Gorman couldn't resist: The image of these pajama partisans dialing into Biden re-election doom-scrolls from bed "is hilarious." And national press gal Kiersten Pels sealed it: "The best part is that they still get two full months before they actually have to get out of bed 5 days week. Is this a political committee or a daycare?"

Martin tried to soften the blow, explaining the remote setup was just a COVID "Band-Aid" that needed ripping off pronto—but hey, case-by-case exceptions for the truly committed (or connected). The union's mulling a fightback, pointing to their summer CBA that promised hybrid bliss... as long as bosses give 60 days' notice. Per the New York Times, they're not thrilled, but tough cookies.

This isn't even the first Dem work-whine rodeo. Remember when progressive staffers begged for a cushy 32-hour congressional week? Rep. Ritchie Torres torched it: "Why not be bold and ask for a 0-hour workweek? I wonder how blue-collar Americans would feel about white-collar workers demanding a 32-hour workweek." Spot on—while Joe's old crew lectures on sacrifice, their foot soldiers demand siestas.

Influencer Isabel Brown nailed the irony, citing polls showing Gen Z actually craves hybrid or in-office vibes post-COVID. Who knew the TikTok generation had more hustle than the DNC's Zoom zombies?

Look, if saving the soul of the nation means dragging your sorry self to DC five days a week, suck it up. Or better yet, join the ranks of the unemployed baristas. Democracy's waiting—and so are the résumés.

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Monday, November 25, 2024

NYC Democrat wants firings after violent criminal takes advantage of liberal policy slashing three New Yorkers


Democrat New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, stepped into the New York State Executive Mansion when then Governor Andrew Cuomo left office in shame. Due to the fact that she is on the left, she was voted into office and has since made the state a joke when it comes to illegal aliens.

U.S. Representative Richie Torres from the Bronx, a Democrat, criticized New York's leaders this past weekend for their criminal justice reforms, which he believes allowed for "a homicidal rampage" in broad daylight last week. This resulted in the tragic deaths of three innocent people, killed by a violent man with mental health issues who was let out of jail too soon.


"The bureaucrat in DOC [Department of Correction] who authorized the early release of Ramon should be fired," Torres wrote in an intense letter to Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, both Democrats. "Those who cannot be entrusted with public safety should no longer be employed by the people of New York."

He went on to say that "layers upon layers of government failure" made it possible for Ramon Rivera, a repeat offender with eight prior crimes, to be free. His most recent time in jail included a move to the psychiatric unit at Bellevue Hospital, where he assaulted a corrections officer.

Last week, police arrested the 51-year-old homeless man for allegedly stabbing three people to death in separate incidents in Manhattan on November 18.


Torres criticized the city's Department of Correction, calling it "the worst offender" in Rivera's case. Rivera was let out of jail four months early for "good behavior," even though he had attacked someone at Bellevue and faced no consequences for it, according to Torres.

In the letter, Torres points out that these crimes committed by illegal aliens is "preventable," but the city and state don't have the will to prevent them. He said that the state refuses to allow the mayor the legal authority to prevent the illegal aliens that commit crimes from roaming the streets. He also mentioned, as an example, the homeless illegal alien who went on a stabbing spree.

Torres also blamed Hochul for the stabbing spree, and called on the governor to give New York City police greater power to "institutionalize people," as violent recidivism, homelessness, and mental illness run rampant in NY City. 

Just another example of how the leaders the people vote into office, get what they voted for, good and hard.

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Pro-Hamasshole who rolled her eyes at Hamas rapes fired from "The Hill"


Briahna Joy Gray [why are so many stupid leftists named Joy?] a pundit formerly of "The Hill" likes Hamas. It may be the green rags they wear on their heads, or the sexy masks that may women wonder what's beneath the covering, but in Gray's case, it doesn't matter. She didn't see what all the fuss was about when it was learned that Hamas not only killed Israelis but raped them first, or kept them and raped them in captivity. 

The former jihad sympathizer of The Hill’s morning YouTube program "Rising" went viral after an interview on Tuesday in which she rolled her eyes at Yarden Gonen, the sister of a hostage in Gaza, after Gonen urged her to believe Israel women who had been raped. After all, the captured Hamassholes admitted they raped their captives and even bragged about it, and freed hostages reported that it did, in fact, occur.

Gray announced her firing on X, saying that The Hill “has a clear pattern of suppressing speech—particularly when it’s critical of the state of Israel.”

Gray, who served as press secretary to atheist Sen. Bernie Sanders (Communist-VT) during his 2020 presidential campaign, has denied reports that Hamas engaged in mass rape of Israeli women. “‘Believe all women’ was always an absurd overreach: woman should be heard, claims should be investigated, but evidence is required. … But also, this isn’t a ‘believe women’ scenario bc no female victims have offered testimony,” the anti-Semitic creep wrote in December.

During a debate on the war in Israel at the “Dissident Dialogues” summit last month, Gray denounced the audience as “racist” and “disgusting,” called the moderator “anti-black,” and said she hoped “someone drops a bomb on this entire building.”

She is clearly mentally ill.

Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) responded to the news of her firing on X, saying, “I have as much sympathy for Briahna Joy Gray as she has for the hostages. None.”

Am Yisrael Chai!

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